XML 75 R61.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.3.1.900

SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 3)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015
Minimum
Prepaid land use right
Period over which land use rights in China and Japan are charged to earnings	20 years
Maximum
Prepaid land use right
Period over which land use rights in China and Japan are charged to earnings	50 years
Technical know-how
Intangible assets
Amortization period	10 years
Computer software | Minimum
Intangible assets
Amortization period	1 year
Computer software | Maximum
Intangible assets
Amortization period	10 years

X

- Definition

Represents the period over which land use rights are charged to earnings in accordance with the term of the land use right agreement.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	csiq_LandUseRightTerm
Namespace Prefix:	csiq_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	csiq_PrepaymentForLandUseRightsAbstract
Namespace Prefix:	csiq_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetUsefulLife
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

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.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_RangeAxis=us-gaap_MinimumMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_RangeAxis=us-gaap_MaximumMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis=us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis=us-gaap_ComputerSoftwareIntangibleAssetMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: