Origin Agritech Ltd. announced that Mr. Weibin Yan and Dr. James Chen will join the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Weibin Yan, co-founder, Chairman, and managing director of Ausnutria Dairy Corporation Ltd, will join Origin's Board of directors as an independent board member. Mr. Yan's background includes former CEO, CFO and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Yuan Longping High-tech Agriculture Co., Ltd; Vice-Chairman and CEO of Hunan XinDaxin Group Company; and an MBA from Hunan University. He will act as an independent non-executive director of the company. Dr. James Chen, Ph.D., MBA, CFA, is currently CFO of Zhejiang Jishang Youxuan Dianzi Shangwu Ltd., and Audit Committee Chairman of China Finance Online's Board of Directors. He served as Origin's CFO from 2012 to 2016. Dr. Chen's previous professional experience includes CFO of Aoxing Pharmaceutical, investment manager at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and senior research positions at Morgan Joseph and BB&T Capital Markets. He holds an MBA in finance and accounting from New York University and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Connecticut.