**Mortgage      Contract**

**China      Construction Bank Corporation**

**Beijing      Branch**

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| Mortgagor                  (Party A): Beijing Origin Seed Limited                                                     |   |                                 |
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| Domicile:                  20 Shangdi Xinxi Road, Haidian District, Beijing                                           |   | Postal                  Code: 100085 |
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| Legal                  Representative (person in charge): Gengchen Han                                                |   |                                 |
| Fax:                  58907520                                                                                        |   | Telephone:                  58907520 |
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| Mortgagee                  (Party B): China Construction Bank Corporation Beijing Shangdi                  Sub-Branch |   |                                 |
| Domicile:                  28 Shangdi Xinxi Road, Haidian District, Beijing                                           |   | Postal                  Code: 100085 |
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| Legal                  Representative (person in charge): Qi Xue                                                      |   |                                 |
| Fax:                  62967190                                                                                        |   | Telephone:                  62967190 |

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**If      the Debtor fails to fulfill its obligations under the Master Contract, Party      B      shall have the right to require Party A directly to undertake its liability      within the scope of security, regardless of any other security (including,      but      not limited to, guarantee, mortgage, pledge, letter of guarantee or standby      letter of credit) Party B may have with respect to the creditor’s right under      the Master Contract.**

**Article      4**
**Changes      to the Secured Master Contract **

**Party      A acknowledges that Party A’s prior consent shall be deemed to have been      obtained if Party B and the Debtor make changes to the clauses of the Master      Contract by agreement and Party A’s liability of guarantee shall not be reduced      or exempted, except for the following two circumstances:**

**(1)**
**extension      of the term for fulfilling its obligations;**

**(2)**
**increase      of the principal amount under the creditor’s right.**

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**Article      5**
**Independency**

**This      Contract shall be independent of the Master Contract in terms of its validity      and not be affected by the invalidity of the Master Contract. If the Master      Contract is determined to be invalid, then Party A shall still hold liable      for      the debt of the Debtor with the collateral, which debt may arise from      restitution of property or compensation for losses.**

| (1) | to                pay off or pay off in advance the principal and interest and relevant                expenses under the Master Contract; |
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| (2) | to                convert it into a fixed-term deposit and pledge the certificate of                deposit; |
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| (3) | to                use it to repair the collateral and restore its value upon Party                B’s                consent; |
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| (4) | to                submit it to a third party designated by Party                B; |
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| (5) | to                dispose of it at Party B’s own discretion after Party A provides new                security as required by Party B. |
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| (1) | to                pay off or pay off in advance the principal and interest and relevant                expenses under the Master Contract; |
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| (2) | to                convert it into a fixed-term deposit and pledge the certificate of                deposit; |
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| (3) | to                use it to repair the collateral and restore its value upon Party                B’s                consent; |
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| (4) | to                submit it to a third party designated by Party                B; |
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| (5) | to                dispose of the damages at Party B’s own discretion after Party A provides                new security as required by Party                B. |
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| 1. | As                long as the mortgage continues to exist, Party A shall not donate,                transfer, lease, mortgage repeatedly, remove or otherwise dispose                of the                collateral under this Contract without Party B’s written                consent. |
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| 2. | As                long as the mortgage continues to exist, Party A shall obtain Party                B’s                written consent in advance of its disposal of the collateral. Party                A                agrees that Party B shall have the right to select any of the following                methods to handle the proceeds from the disposal of the                collateral: |
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|   | (1) | to                pay off or pay off in advance the principal and interest and relevant                expenses under the Master Contract; |
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|   | (2) | to                convert them into fixed-term deposit and pledge the certificate of                deposit; |
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|   | (3) | to                submit them to a third party designated by Party                B; |
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|   | (4) | to                dispose of the proceeds at Party B’s own discretion after Party A provides                new security as required by Party                B. |
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| (1) | Party                B has not been paid when the term for discharging all or part of                the                principal or interest under the Master Contract                expires; |
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| (2) | other                circumstances under which Party B may realize its creditor’s right in                advance under the Master Contract. |
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| 1. | The                Mortgagor is fully aware of the risks associated with the interest                rate.                If the floating interest rate is applied to the Master Contract,                the                Mortgagor is willing to assume such additional liability as may be                increased due to the floating interest                rate; |
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| 2. | [intentionally                left blank]_______________________________________________; |
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| 3. | [intentionally                left blank]_______________________________________________. |
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| (1) | to                bring a lawsuit to the People’s Court where Party B is located;                or |
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| (2) | to                submit the dispute to [intentionally                left blank]                Arbitration Commission (the place of arbitration is [intentionally                left blank])                for arbitration according to its arbitration rules then effective                at the                time of submission. The arbitration award shall be final and binding                on                the two Parties. |
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| Name                  of the Collateral                                                                                         |   | Title                  Certificate and No.                                                                                           |   |  Domicile                                     |   | Value                  Indicated in the Invoice of the Collateral (yuan) |   | Assessed                  Value of the Collateral (yuan) |   | Amount                  of Mortgage Created for Other Creditor’s Right(yuan) |   |   Remarks |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------------------|
|                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                                 |   |                                               |   |                                                                     |   |                                                     |   |                                                                               |   |                |
| Plot                  No. 20 in the Life Science Park of Zhongguancun (construction in                  process)                |   | Certificate                  For                  The Use of State-owned Land (Jing Chang Guo Yong 2004 Zi No.                  054) |   | Life                  Science Park of Zhongguancun |   | [blank]                                                                  |   | 42,720,000                                               |   |                                                                               |   | [blank]             |
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| Plot                  No. 20 in the Life Science Park of Zhongguancun (real estate of                  construction in process) |   | [blank]                                                                                                                              |   | [blank]                                            |   | [blank]                                                                  |   | 25,000,000                                               |   | 22,000,000                                                                         |   | [blank]             |

| 1. | This                Contract is signed by Party A’s legal representative (person in charge) or                authorized representative or stamped with its corporate seal (if                Party A                is a natural person, then only signature is required) and signed                by Party                B’s person in charge or authorized representative and stamped with                its                corporate seal. |
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| 2. | The                collateral described in the “Collateral Schedule” hereunder is duly                registered according to the laws if so                required. |
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| 1. | Party                A is fully aware of Party B’s business scope and scope of                authority. |
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| 2. | Party                B has perused each clause in this Contract, especially clauses in                bold. As                requested by Party A, Party B has explained correspondingly clauses                in                this Contract. Party A is fully aware of and understands the meaning                and                corresponding legal consequences of each clause in this                Contract. |
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| 3. | Party                A has the right to sign this Contract. |
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| /s/                Gengchen Han         |   |   |        |
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| ***/s/                CORPORATE SEAL*** |   |   |        |
| July                18, 2006            |   |   |   |

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| /s/                  Qi Xue               |   |   |        |
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| ***/s/                  CORPORATE SEAL*** |   |   |        |
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| July                  18, 2006            |   |   |   |

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