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The diluted per share effect of the aggregate amount of the income tax benefit resulting from the income tax holidays granted to the entity by taxing jurisdictions.

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Represents the statutory corporate income tax rate in the foreign jurisdiction.

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Represents the preferential tax rate applicable to the entity under the preferential tax treatment.

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Threshold amount of taxable income.

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The amount of income taxes from which a reporting entity is exempt or for which it will receive a reduction in income taxes as a result of the income tax holiday granted by the taxing jurisdiction.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SAB Topic 11.C)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116825942&loc=d3e330215-122817

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Per share amount effect of the income tax benefit resulting from the income tax holidays granted by taxing jurisdictions.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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