Origin Agritech's Pioneering Hi3 Gene Editing Technology Awarded as Top 10 Major Progress in Chinese Agricultural Science for 2025, as Company Advances Commercialization

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[{"type":"text","content":"BEIJING, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"), a leading Chinese agricultural technology company, today announced that its pioneering corn haploid induction line Hi3 gene editing technology has been selected as one of the Top 10 Major Progresses in Chinese Agricultural Science for 2025 by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. This prestigious recognition underscores Origin's leadership in agricultural biotechnology and highlights the transformative potential of its research to drive commercial advances in crop yields and sustainability.","length":635,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The selection process, organized by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences' Agricultural Information Institute, aims to showcase China's original innovation capabilities in agricultural technology, propagate major scientific achievements, and accelerate high-level technological self-reliance in the sector. Guided by the principles of "frontier-leading, pioneering excellence, and major breakthroughs," the evaluation drew from 46,832 high-level papers published in 2024 by Chinese scholars as first or corresponding authors in Web of Science-indexed agricultural field journals. Through a rigorous process involving bibliometric preliminary selection, peer expert review, and academician selection, 10 groundbreaking progresses were identified.","length":770,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Origin's Hi3 technology, developed through its subsidiary Hainan Aoyu Biotech Limited in collaboration with Professor Tian Feng and his fellows at China Agricultural University, represents a landmark achievement in maize gene editing. As detailed in the Company's groundbreaking research article published in the prestigious journal Nature in June 2024, titled "Maize Smart Canopy Architecture Enhances Yield at High Densities," this innovation establishes the world's first efficient genetic transformation system for the maize induction line Hi3. The system enables rapid, fixed-point editing of major maize inbred lines across diverse genetic backgrounds, overcoming longstanding barriers in traditional breeding. By precisely enhancing traits such as leaf angle to optimize plant architecture, Hi3 can improve maize yield at hi...

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