Represents the amount of deferred tax liability provided on the outside basis difference from undistributed earnings.

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The number of entities that received approval for the preferential tax rate associated with qualification as High New Tech Enterprises.

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Qualification Effective Period

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Statutory Income Tax Rate Reduction Rate

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Represents applicable tax rate approved for future tax period.

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Withholding tax applied to dividends payable by a foreign invested enterprise in mainland China to a company in Hong Kong for earnings after 2008.

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 12

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Taxation
Applicable tax rate (as a percent)	25.00%	25.00%	25.00%	16.50%	17.00%	17.00%	25.00%	25.00%	25.00%	25.00%	24.00%	22.00%	20.00%	18.00%	15.00%		15.00%	15.00%	15.00%	15.00%		15.00%			15.00%		15.00%			15.00%	15.00%	15.00%	15.00%
Applicable tax rate approved (as a percent)																					15.00%		15.00%	15.00%		15.00%
Qualification effective period expired																													3 years
Number of entities that reapplied for High New Tech Enterprises qualification and got approval																												4
Reduction rate upon statutory income tax rate (as a percent)																5.00%
Withholding tax (as a percent)				5.00%
Deferred tax liability provided on the outside basis difference from undistributed earnings	0