My guest on the show today is Joe Ramelli, Vice President of Business Development for Origin Agritech (NASDAQ: SEED). Origin Agritech Limited, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Zhong-Guan-Cun (ZGC) Life Science Park in Beijing, is a Chinese agricultural technology company. In crop seed biotechnologies, Origin Agritech's phytase corn was the first transgenic corn to receive the Bio-Safety Certificate from China's Ministry of Agriculture, according to the company's website.

Three things to get you ready for this interview:

1. I've been wanting to have a US-listed Chinese company on the podcast. US-listed Chinese companies have had a negative perception for a while now in general, and especially amongst US MicroCap investors. Out of curiosity, I wanted to chat with a US-listed Chinese company to better understand how they feel about this and approach investors with a certain narrative, without knowing anything specific about their company.

2. I wanted to interview a US-listed Chinese company that I know has been around for a while, and has some following from other US-based investors I respect (for compliance purposes, this is not an endorsement of the company itself). Origin Agritech has had a long, volatile history since going public in 2006 and have been making headlines recently after receiving GMO approval in China for their corn seed.

3. If you've been listening to this series for a while, you know, I usually only interview C-suite for this podcast. However, in Origin Agritech's case and most other US-listed Chinese companies, English is management's second language. Also, I've known Joe for a long time as an investor, he's been an investor in Origin Agritech since 2008, and has recently been brought on as VP Business Development for the company.

There's a lot to unpack with Origin Agritech, and in this interview, we cover all of these topics and more. With that, please enjoy my conversation with Joe Ramelli, Vice President of Business Development for Origin Agritech (NASDAQ: SEED). For more information about Origin Agritech, please visit: https://originagritech.com/

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