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Other Short-term Loans (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Schedule of Other Short-term Loan [Table Text Block] |
|  |  |  |  | December 31, |  |  | March 31, |
|  | Note |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |
| Advance from related parties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| — Tianjin BAK New Energy Research Institute Co., Ltd (“Tianjin New Energy”) | (a) |  | $ | 9,252,127 |  | $ | 11,197,068 |
| — Mr. Xiangqian Li, the Company’s Former CEO | (b) |  |  | 100,000 |  |  | 100,000 |
| — Shareholders (note 1) | (c) |  |  | - |  |  | 2,032,313 |
|  |  |  |  | 9,352,127 |  |  | 13,329,381 |
| Advances from unrelated third party |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| – Mr. Guozhu Liang | (d) |  |  | 14,399 |  |  | 14,517 |
| – Mr. Wenwu Yu | (d) |  |  | 145,410 |  |  | 146,592 |
| – Mr. Mingzhe Li | (d) |  |  | 796,850 |  |  | 1,892,067 |
| – Ms. Longqian Peng | (d) |  |  | 215,992 |  |  | 653,244 |
|  |  |  |  | 1,172,651 |  |  | 2,706,420 |
|  |  |  | $ | 10,524,778 |  | $ | 16,035,801 |

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