Origin Launches Stress-Tolerant Corn Breeding for Southwest China Markets, with Supports from Guizhou State Entities
Key Highlights
- ➤Guizhou Origin approved RMB 1.098 million in provincial science funding, pending administrative procedures
- ➤Three-year Southwest China corn breeding project runs from September 2026 through August 2029
- ➤Total project budget RMB 24.32 million, including RMB 7.32 million provincial funding
- ➤Origin will develop stress-tolerant hybrids and doubled haploid lines for mountainous Southwest China
- ➤Project targets varieties promoted across 3 million mu and RMB 180 million in direct income
Expert Statements
Weibin Yan, Chief Executive Officer of Origin Agritech
“Guizhou Origin is our main biotechnology center and our base for research and business development in Southwest China and Southeast Asia,”
Weibin Yan, Chief Executive Officer of Origin Agritech
“After several months of start-up, its laboratories and other facilities are up and running, and the team is in place.”
Weibin Yan, Chief Executive Officer of Origin Agritech
“The local government and our partners have given us strong support because of the talent, strategic plans, germplasm, and technology we bring, and this award reflects that confidence.”
BEIJING, Oct. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ: SEED) ("Origin" or the "Company"), a leading Chinese agricultural technology company, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Guizhou Origin Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ("Guizhou Origin"), launches stress-tolerant corn breeding project as a part of the “Transformation and Promotion of Major Achievements in High-Yield and Stress-Tolerant Corn in the Mountainous Southwest” project under the 2026 Provincial-Municipal Joint Industrial Science and Technology Innovation Project (First Batch), running from September 2026 to August 2029. Guizhou Origin has been approved to receive RMB 1.098 million (approximately US$152,000) in science and technology funding from the Guizhou Provincial Department of Science and Technology. The Department announced the project on September 15, 2026; disbursement to Guizhou Origin is subject to final administrative procedures.
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