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**4-004** **** **No.** **0019304**




**Loan
      Contract**





**Bank
      of Beijing Limited Supervised**









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Borrower
      (hereinafter referred to as “Party A”): Beijing
      Origin Seed Limited.




Domicile:
      Zhongguancun Developement Plaza Area E 201-207, 20 Shangdi Xinxi Road, Haidian
      District, Beijing




Postal
      Code: 100085




Organization
      Code o 63373454 o 9




Legal
      Representative: Gengchen Han




Telephone:
      010-58907588




Fax:
      010-58907599




Opening
      bank o Bank
      of Beijing Shangdi Sub-Branch




Account
      No. o 01090946300120102005014




Lender
      (hereinafter referred to as “Party B”):  Bank
      of Beijing Limited Shangdi Sub-Branch




Domicile:
      International Science&Technology Pioneer Park, 01 Shangdi Xinxi Road,
      Haidian District, Beijing




Postal
      Code: 100085




Organization
      Code o 80154192 ó 3




Legal
      Representative (person in charge): Dailu Geng




Telephone:
      010-82895592




Fax:
      010-82895590




According
      to relevant laws, regulations and rules, Party A and Party B, upon negotiation,
      enter into this Contract for their mutual compliance and
      performance.




**Chapter
      One Category of Money Borrowed**




**Article
      1** Under
      this Contract Party B agree to provide Party A with short-term
      loan (short-term
      loan/mid-term loan/long-term loan)




**Chapter
      Two Purpose of Money Borrowed**




**Article
      2** Money
      borrowed hereunder shall be used for the purpose of complementary
      working capital and raw materials purchase. Without
      Party B’s written agreement, Party A shall not alter the purpose of money
      borrowed.




**Chapter
      Three Amount and Term of Money Borrowed**




**Article
      3** The
      amount of money borrowed is (Say) **ONE
      HUNDRED MILLION YUAN** in **Renminbi** (currency)




**Article
      4** The term
      of the money borrowed is **ONE** year
      commencing from September
      14, 2006 and
      ending on September
      14, 2007 .









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**Article
      5** Prior
      to
      the termination of the aforesaid money borrowed, if the term of the money
      borrowed need to be extended in the opinion of Party A, Party A shall submit
      to
      Party B “Loan Extension Application” 30 days before the termination of the loan.
      By consent of Party B, “Loan Extension Agreement” shall be signed by Party A,
      Party B and guarantor.




**Chapter
      Four Interest Rate and Interest of Money Borrowed**




**Article
      6 Interest Rate of Money Borrowed**




**6.1** The
      interest rate of the loan hereunder shall be a monthly interest
      rate at 5.6 1‰  and
      an annual interest
      rate at 6.732% .




**6.2** The
      interest rate of the mid-term & long-term loan shall be an annually interest
      rate, subject to the official rate on the commence date of the loan term
      hereunder and accordingly the next year’s interest rate of the loan shall be
      subject to the rate for loans of same grade on the starting date of the new
      term
      and not be deemed as modification to this Contract.




**6.3** During
      valid term of this Contract, in case that any adjustment of interest rate or
      the interest
      rate fixed measure applicable to this Contract would be announced by the People’s Bank of China,
      the interest rate of the loan shall be adjusted pursuant to the foregoing
      provisions and shall not be deemed as modification to this
      Contract.




**Article
      7 Interest**




**7.1** The
      interest starting date of the loan is the date when the loan is deposited into
      Party A’s account. The interest shall be accrued on a daily basis
      and
      settled on a quarterly basis
      for the loan hereunder and the interest settlement date shall be the 20th of
      last month of every quarter.




**7.2** If
      the
      settlement of interest meets the non-business day of Party B, it shall be
      postponed to the next business day of Party B.




**7.3** Where
      Party A repay the principal of the loan, all interest accrued shall be paid
      at
      the time of final repayment of the loan, and Party A may not be subject to **Article
      7.**




**7.4** If
      Party
      A fails to pay accrued interest due, a compound interest shall be accrued
      pursuant to the related provisions of the People’s Bank of China.




**7.5** During
      the implementation of this Contract, in case that provisions relate to the
      methods of calculating interest would be announced by the People’s Bank of China
      and apply to the loan hereunder, Party B shall put it into enforcement pursuant
      to the foregoing provisions without note to Party A and shall not be deemed
      as
      modification to this Contract.




**Chapter
      Five Advance and use of Money Borrowed**




**Article
      8** Party
      B
      has no obligations to advance the loan hereunder, unless upon the satisfaction
      of preconditions as follows:




**8.1** Each
      time
      of drawing the loan, Party A shall have completed related loan certificate
      and
      provided documents and materials relate to the loan hereunder upon Party B’s
      demand.




**8.2** If
      a
      security is created for this Contract, Party A shall have completed legal
      procedures of the surety contract e.g. the notarization and/or registration
      of
      it according to Party B’s demand and make sure the surety contract effective
      continuously.









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**8.3** Party
      A
      having committed no event of default set forth in this Contract




**Article
      9** The
      method of drawing the loan hereunder by Party A is 1 as
      follows:




**9.1** The
      loan
      transference once for all **,** on 14 th Sept.
      2006, Party B
      shall transfer all the money borrowed hereunder to the account that Party A
      has
      opened at Party B.





**9.2** The loan
      transference several times, **** schedule
      and amount of drawing the money borrowed as follows:


**No.**
              
              **Schedule
                  of Drawing**
              
              **Amount(Say)**
              
              **Remarks****1****2****3****4****5**


**Article
      10** The
      principal of the loan hereunder once transferred to the account of Party A
      upon
      the schedule set forth in **Article
      8,** it
      shall
      be deemed Party B has advanced the loan, and Party A has borne the loan of
      the
      amount in respect, therefore, the interest shall start accrued.





**Article
      11** Where
      the
      amount of the loan, the date of the loan or the date of repayment is not in
      accordance with the record of the bank remittance voucher, it shall be subject
      to the record of the bank remittance voucher which shall be an integral part
      of
      this Contract and accordingly have the same force and effect as this
      Contract.




**Chapter
      Six Repayment**




**Article
      12** Party
      A
      shall pay the interest on installment as provided in this Contract, the method
      of repaying the principal of the loan is 2 as
      follows:




**1.**
            The
                principal repayment once for all, Party A shall repay all the principal
                on
                [dd/mm/yy]





**2.**
            Schedule
                and Amount of repaying the principal on installment as
                follows:







**No.**
              
              **Schedule
                  of Repayment**
              
              **Amount(Say)**
              
              **Remarks****1**
              
              **July
                  10, 2007**
              
              **51,000,000****2**
              
              **September
                  14, 2007**
              
              **49,000,000****3****4****5**




**Article
      13** Party
      B
      shall have the right to directly transfer and receive any funds, including the
      principal of the loan, the interest ( Penalty Interest and Compound Interest)
      and other expenses should be paid by party A, from the Party A’s account opened
      at Bank of Beijing’s system.









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**Article
      14** Where
      Party A require prepayment of the loan hereunder, Party A shall submit to Party
      B a written application 30 bank
      business days in advance, as well as upon Party B’s consent. Party B shall have
      the right to receive the interest upon the interest rate and term as provided
      in
      this Contract




**Chapter
      Seven Security**




**Article
      15** The
      form
      of security hereunder is as follows : Joint
      Liability Guarante e Mortgag e Pledge,
      and the Surety Contract shall be signed by and between Party B and guarantor
      upon specific security items as follows 1&2 :




**1.**
            “Warranty
                Contract”**No.0019304**





**2.**
            “Mortgage
                Contract”**No.0019304**





**3.**
            “Pledge
                Contract”**No.**




**Party
      A confirms herein,** Party
      B
      shall have the right to exercise
      the right as
      provided in the foregoing Surety Contract set forth in **Article
      15** upon
      the
      realization of its lender
      right, Party A agrees to waive the right to
      counterclaim the aforesaid Party B’s right.




**Chapter
      Eight Party A’s Representations and Warranties**




**Article
      16** Party
      A’s
      Representations and Warranties as follows:




**16.1** Party
      A
      is duly organized (Corporation/Other Organizations/ Natural Person) under and
      by
      virtue of the laws of
      the
      People's Republic of China and has independent and full capacity for civil
      conduct.





**16.2** This
      loan
      shall be approved and authorized by the
      decision body or person of Party A and shall be Party A’s genuine
      and effective intention expressed.





**16.3** Party
      A
      guarantees, **** the use
      of the loan
      hereunder is in accordance with laws,
      regulations, administrative or department rules, trade rules and Party A’s articles
      of association or other document, and Party A has obtained related license
      and authorization.





**16.4** Party
      A
      guarantees, **** circumstances
      and materials provided to Party B is genuine, exact and integral.





**16.5** Party
      A
      guarantees, during the valid term of this Contract, in case of bearing debt
      or
      providing security for a third party, Party A shall notify Party B in written
      10
      legal business days in advance.




**Chapter
      Night Both Parties’ Right and Obligations**




**Article
      17 Party A’s Right and Obligations as follows:**




**17.1** Party
      A
      shall have right to draw and use the money borrowed upon the term and purpose
      as
      provided in this Contract.









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**17.2** Party
      A
      shall repay the principal and interest as provided in this
      Contract.




**17.3** Party
      A
      shall accept Party B’s inspection of and supervision over the use of the
      loan.




**17.4** Party
      A
      shall actively cooperate with Party B’s inspection of and supervision over its
      production, operation and financial activities and provide Party B monthly
      with
      the copies of Balance Sheet, Loss and Profit Statement, Cash Flow Table and
      other financial report.




**17.5** Party A
      shall notify Party B in written immediately, in case that any events threaten
      Party A’s fair operation and Party A’s obligations of repayment
      hereunder.




**17.6** In case
      that Party A commits any of the following: merger, division, acquisition, reform
      with the stock system, contracting, lease, asset transfer, association,
      investment, application for suspending business for internal rectification,
      application for dissolution or bankruptcy and others which will definitely
      affect Party B’s realization of its rights as a lender of the loan and cause
      change in obligations relationship, Party
      A
      shall give Party B a prior written notice and obtain Party B’s written consent,
      Otherwise, before the repayment of the sum of the loan, Party A shall not
      execute the aforesaid conduct,




**17.7** Party A
      shall notify Party B of any modification to its name, domicile, or legal
      representative during the valid term of this Contract within 3 legal business
      days after the modification.




**17.8** Without
      the prior written consent of Party B, Party A shall not transfer the debt
      hereunder to the third party.




**Article
      18 Party B’s Right and Obligations as follows:**





**18.1** Party
      B
      shall have right to execute inspection of and supervision over the use of the
      loan and Party A’s operation, and require Party B to provide related materials
      in respect of the loan hereunder.




**18.2** Party
      B
      shall have right to deduct and transfer principal, interest, penalty interest,
      compound interest and all other expenses payable by Party A under this contract
      from the account opened by Party A.




**18.3** Party
      B
      shall have right to withdraw the principal, interest, penalty interest, compound
      interest and all other expenses payable by Party A hereunder in advance upon
      the
      circumstances set forth in **Article 19.**




**18.4** Party
      B
      shall advance the loan to Party A as provided in this Contract.




**18.5** Party
      B
      shall keep secret of confidential materials and circumstances provided by Party
      A except for legal inquirer.




**18.6** If Party
      B shall transfer the lender's right hereunder to the third party, it shall
      notify Party A after signing Lender Right Transfer Contract without obtaining
      Party A’s consent.





**18.7** Party
      A
      shall realize Party B’s lender right in the sequence as follows, unless upon
      Party B’s consent:




(1)
      Expenses of realizing the lender's right









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(2)
      Compound interest




(3)
      The
      penalty interest for overdue loan




(4)
      Interest




(5)
      Principal




**Chapter
      Ten Liability for Breach of Contract**




**Article
      19 Liability for Breach of Contract**




**19.1** After
      this Contract becoming effective, both Parties shall implement the obligations
      respectively as provided in this Contract. Any party with no implementation
      or
      partly implementation of the obligations hereunder, or breach of any statements
      and guarantees set forth in this Contract shall bear liability for breach of
      contract, and compensate the loss of the opposite party.





**19.2** Where
      Party A shall not repay the principal as provided in this Contract, Party B
      shall impose the penalty interest at daily rate of 0.28‰ according to the sum overdue and number of days, as well as the compound
      interest pursuant to the related provisions of the People’s Bank of China. Where
      Party A shall not use the loan for the purpose of the money borrowed as provided
      in this Contract, Party B shall impose the penalty interest at daily rate of 0.374‰ according to the sum misappropriated and number of days




**19.3** In case
      that Party B realizes its own lender's right by lawsuit because of Party A’s
      breach of this Contract, Party A agrees to pay Party B’s expenses including:
      legal expenses, attorney’s fee, traveling expenses and other expenses used to
      realize the lender's right.





**Article
      20 under any of the following circumstances, Party B shall have right to
      announce this Contract terminated immediately, withdraw all the loan advanced
      ahead of schedule, and cease to advance the loan.**





**20.1** Party
      A
      shall not use the loan for the purpose as provided in this contract and pay
      the
      principal and interest by installments in a timely manner.





**20.2** During
      the valid term of this Contract, Party A’s operation is mismanaged and suffered
      from losses or false profit or
      Party
      A is in dispute of debt with a third party, or the collateral of mortgage and
      pledge happened to be damaged or lost, or other circumstances adversely affect
      the safety of the loan.





**20.3** Party
      A
      provides Party B with financial report which is false or undiscloses the
      significant fact, or refuses Party B from supervising the use of the loan,
      Party
      A’s production, operation, and financial activities.









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**20.4** Party
      A
      shall not implement any obligation or breach any representation and guarantee
      as
      provided in this Contract, or guarantor shall not implement any obligation
      as
      provided in Security Contract.





**20.5** During
      the valid term of this Contract, upon occurrence of any event from Party A
      threaten the safety of Party B’s lender’s right.




**Chapter
      Eleven Force Majeure**




**Article
      21** On
      the
      occurrence of an event of force majeure that has resulted in Party A’s
      incapability of implementing obligations as provided in this Contract, Party
      A
      shall give Party B a notice within 3 legal
      business days at the starting date of force majeure, and submit to Party B
      written testimony prepared by local notarization department in respect of force
      majeure, and enter into an Amendment Agreement to this Contract upon negotiation
      with Party B. Otherwise, Party B shall have right to deem it as the termination
      of this Contract and ask Party A to repay the principal and interest of the
      loan
      hereunder, as well as cancel the sum of the loan has not been drawn
      yet.




**Chapter
      Twelve Settlement of Dispute**




**Article
      22** Any
      dispute arising from the performance of this Contract may be settled through
      negotiation first. If no settlement could be reached, the dispute shall be
      dealt
      with according to bring a lawsuit at the People’s Court where




Party
      B’s domicile (Party
      A’s domicile/ Party B’s domicile/Contract signed) is located.




**Chapter
      Thirteen Effectiveness, Modification and Termination of this
      Contract**




**Article
      23** The
      effectiveness of this Contract is upon 1 as
      follows




**1.** Signature
      and corporate seal by both Parties’ Legal Representative and Authorized
      Representative;




**2.** Signature and corporate seal by both Parties’ Legal Representative and
      Authorized Representative, as well as upon the valid date of Surety Contract
      under **Chapter
      Seven** set
      forth in this Contract.




**Article
      24** After
      this Contract becoming effective, any Party hereunder shall not modify or
      terminate this Contract in advance. In case of modification or termination,
      both
      parties shall enter into a written agreement upon negotiation.




**Chapter
      Fourteen Annex**




**Article
      25** The
      annex
      is as follows:




**1.** **Bank remittance voucher**




**2.____________________**




**3.____________________**




**4.____________________**




**5.____________________**









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**Article
      26 T** he
      Annex
      shall be an integral part of this Contract and has the same force and effect
      with this Contract.




**Chapter
      Fifteen Supplementary Articles**




**Article
      27** It shall
      be deemed as Service when the notice as provided in this Contract once sent
      out
      by telegraph or fax, or after 3 days by traditional mail.




**Article
      28 Others**




**Article
      29** In case
      of matters concerned as not provided in this Contract, both Parties may enter
      into a new written agreement upon negotiation.




**Article
      30** This
      Agreement is made in sextuplicate with same legal force, one text for each
      party, including PartyA, PartyB, mortgage registration department and
      guarantor.




**Article
      31** This
      Contract is entered into on September
      14, 2006 at Bank
      of Beijing Shangdi Sub-Branch




Party
      A
      (corporate seal): Beijing Origin Seed Limited.




Legal
      representative (person in charge) or authorized representative (signature):




/s/
                Gengchen Han***/s/
                CORPORATE SEAL***




Party
      B
      (corporate seal): Bank
      of Beijing Shangdi Sub-Branch




Legal
      representative (person in charge) or authorized representative (signature):




/s/
                Dailu Geng***/s/
                CORPORATE SEAL***