EXHIBIT 8.1



LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES (as of January 9, 2013)



|Name                                                 |  | Date of incorporation  or establishment |  | Place of incorporation (or establishment) /operation |  | Percentage of
 ownership |       |   | Principal  activity
|---------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------ | ----- | - | -------------------
|State Harvest Holding Limtied                        |  | October 6, 2004                         |  | British Virgin Islands                               |  |                          | 100   | % |                    
|                                                     |  |                                         |  |                                                      |  |                          |       |   |                    
|Beijing Origin State Harvest Biotechnology Limited   |  | December 1, 2004                        |  | Haidian District, Beijing, PRC                       |  |                          | 100   | % |                    
|                                                     |  |                                         |  |                                                      |  |                          |       |   |                    
|Beijing Origin Seed Limited                          |  | December 26, 1997                       |  | Haidian District, Beijing, PRC                       |  |                          | 97.96 | % |                    
|                                                     |  |                                         |  |                                                      |  |                          |       |   |                    
|Henan Origin Cotton Technology Development Limited   |  | March 2, 2001                           |  | Zhengzhou, Henan Province, PRC                       |  |                          | 92.04 | % |                    
|                                                     |  |                                         |  |                                                      |  |                          |       |   |                    
|Changchun Origin Seed Technology Development Limited |  | April 29, 2003                          |  | Changchun, Jilin Province, PRC                       |  |                          | 99.83 | % |                    
|                                                     |  |                                         |  |                                                      |  |                          |       |   |                    
|Denong Zhengcheng Seed Limited                       |  | June 21, 2000                           |  | Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PRC                       |  |                          | 98.58 | % |                    
|                                                     |  |                                         |  |                                                      |  |                          |       |   |                    
|Linze Origin Seed Limited                            |  | November 18, 2008                       |  | Linze, Gansu Province, PRC                           |  |                          | 100   | % |                    
|                                                     |  |                                         |  |                                                      |  |                          |       |   |                    
|Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited               |  | July 13, 2011                           |  | Jinbo City, Xinjiang Province, PRC                   |  |                          | 51    | % |                    
|                                                     |  |                                         |  |                                                      |  |                          |       |   |                    
|Shandong Kunfeng                                     |  | June 12, 2010                           |  | Jinan, Shandong Province, PRC                        |  |                          | 100   | % |