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Loans (Details Textual)			1 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
Loans (Details Textual)	Jan. 07, 2019	Jun. 04, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 CNY (¥)	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 25, 2019	Apr. 26, 2019	Jan. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2019 CNY (¥)	Dec. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2019 CNY (¥)	Nov. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2019 CNY (¥)	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2019 CNY (¥)	May 21, 2019 USD ($)	May 21, 2019 CNY (¥)	Mar. 07, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 07, 2019 CNY (¥)	Nov. 07, 2018 USD ($)	Nov. 07, 2018 CNY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 CNY (¥)	Aug. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2018 CNY (¥)	Aug. 22, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 22, 2018 CNY (¥)	Aug. 02, 2017 USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2017 CNY (¥)	Jun. 14, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 14, 2016 CNY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2015
Loans (Textual)
Bank acceptances bills									$ 4,700,000		$ 28,911,556
Equity method investment, ownership percentage																																				50.00%
Interest									$ 2,293,440		2,270,593
Related party description						The Company entered into a loan agreement with Mr. Shulin Yu, an unrelated party, to loan RMB3.6 million (approximately $0.5 million) for a term of one year, bearing annual interest of 10% and the repayment was guaranteed by Mr. Yunfei Li (the Company’s CEO) and Mr. Wenwu Wang (the Company’s former CFO). As of December 31, 2019, the Company borrowed RMB3.6 million (approximately $0.5 million).		The Company obtained one-year term facilities from Jilin Province Trust Co. Ltd. with a maximum amount of RMB40.0 million (approximately $5.8 million), which was secured by land use rights and buildings of Eodos Liga Energy Co., Ltd. Under the facilities, the Company borrowed a total of RMB39.6 million ($5.7 million) in 2019, bearing annual interest from 11.3% to 11.6%.
Investment agreements description									The Company returned partial earnest money of $966,579 (approximately RMB6.7 million) to these investors.	The Company returned partial earnest money of $966,579 (approximately RMB6.7 million) to these investors.
Remained outstanding value									$ 86,679
Suzhou Zhengyuanwei Needle Ce Co.Ltd [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Loans, description									The Company entered into a short term loan agreement with Suzhou Zhengyuanwei Needle Ce Co., Ltd, an unrelated party to loan RMB0.6 million (approximately $0.1 million), bearing annual interest rate of 12%, unsecured and repayable by [date]. As of December 31, 2019, loan amount of RMB0.5 million ($71,808) remained outstanding..	The Company entered into a short term loan agreement with Suzhou Zhengyuanwei Needle Ce Co., Ltd, an unrelated party to loan RMB0.6 million (approximately $0.1 million), bearing annual interest rate of 12%, unsecured and repayable by [date]. As of December 31, 2019, loan amount of RMB0.5 million ($71,808) remained outstanding..
CBAK Power [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Loans, description					Each of Mr. Dawei Li and Mr. Yunfei Li entered into an agreement with CBAK Power to loans approximately $1.4 million (RMB10,000,000) and $2.5 million (RMB18,000,000) respectively to CBAK Power for a term of six months (collectively $3.9 million, the “Third Debt”). The loan was unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand. On July 26, 2019, the Company entered into a cancellation agreement with Mr. Dawei Li, Mr. Yunfei Li and Asia EVK (the creditors). Pursuant to the terms of the cancellation agreement, Mr. Dawei Li, Mr. Yunfei Li and Asia EVK agreed to cancel the Third Debt and Fourth Debt (note 1) in exchange for 1,384,717, 2,938,067 and 2,769,435 shares of common stock of the Company, respectively, at an exchange price of $1.05 per share. Upon receipt of the shares, the creditors will release the Company from any claims, demands and other obligations relating to the Third Debt and Fourth Debt.
Related party description	An agreement with CBAK Power and Tianjin New Energy whereby Tianjin New Energy assigned its rights to loans to CBAK Power of approximately $3.4 million (RMB23,980,950) and $1.7 million (RMB11,647,890) (collectively $5.1 million, the “First Debt”) to Mr. Dawei Li and Mr. Yunfei Li, respectively.						An agreement with CBAK Power and Tianjin New Energy whereby Tianjin New Energy assigned its rights to loans to CBAK Power of approximately $0.3 million (RMB2,225,082), $0.1 million (RMB 912,204) and $5.2 million (RMB35,406,036) (collectively $5.7 million, the “Second Debt”) to Mr. Jun Lang, Ms. Jing Shi and Asia EVK, respectively.
Cancellation Agreement [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Related party description	The Company entered into a cancellation agreement (note 1) with Mr. Dawei Li and Mr. Yunfei Li (the creditors). Pursuant to the terms of the cancellation agreement, Mr. Dawei Li and Mr. Yunfei Li agreed to cancel the First Debt in exchange for 3,431,373 and 1,666,667 shares of common stock of the Company, respectively, at an exchange price of $1.02 per share. Upon receipt of the shares, the creditors will release the Company from any claims, demands and other obligations relating to the First Debt.						The Company entered into a cancellation agreement (note 1) with Mr. Jun Lang, Ms. Jing Shi and Asia EVK (the creditors). Pursuant to the terms of the cancellation agreement, the creditors agreed to cancel the Second Debt in exchange for 300,534, 123,208 and 4,782,163 shares of common stock of the Company, respectively, at an exchange price of $1.1 per share. Upon receipt of the shares, the creditors will release the Company from any claims, demands and other obligations relating to the Second Debt.
Bank of Dandong [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity																																		$ 18,700,000
Long-term Line of Credit																																		$ 18,200,000
Line of credit facility, interest rate at period end																																		7.20%	7.20%
Bank acceptances bills																										$ 700,000								$ 500,000
Bank of Dandong [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity \| ¥																																			¥ 130,000,000
Long-term Line of Credit \| ¥																																			¥ 126,800,000
Line of credit facility, interest rate at period end																																		7.20%	7.20%
Bank acceptances bills \| ¥																											¥ 5,000,000								¥ 3,200,000
China Merchants Bank [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity																																$ 14,400,000
Long-term Line of Credit																																$ 3,100,000
China Merchants Bank [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity \| ¥																																	¥ 100,000,000
Long-term Line of Credit \| ¥																																	¥ 21,300,000
China Everbright Bank Dalian Branch [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity									$ 5,700,000					$ 5,700,000		$ 14,400,000		$ 4,000,000						$ 13,800,000				$ 8,600,000		$ 14,400,000
Long-term Line of Credit																$ 7,200,000		$ 4,000,000										$ 8,700,000
Bank acceptances bills																						$ 4,100,000
Interest									$ 601,153
Debt instrument discount rate																		3.30%	3.30%									4.00%	4.00%
Loans, description		The Company obtained banking facilities from China Everbright Bank Dalian Branch with a maximum amount of RMB200 million (approximately $28.7 million) with the term from June 12, 2018 to June 10, 2021, bearing interest at 130% of benchmark rate of the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) for three-year long-term loans, at current rate 6.175% per annum. The loans are repayable in six installments of RMB0.8 million ($0.12 million) on December 10, 2018, RMB24.3 million ($3.50 million) on June 10, 2019, RMB0.8 million ($0.12 million) on December 10, 2019, RMB74.7 million ($10.7 million) on June 10, 2020, RMB0.8 million ($0.12 million) on December 10, 2020 and RMB66.3 million ($9.6 million) on June 10, 2021. The Company repaid the bank loan of RMB0.8 million ($0.12 million) in December 2018, RMB24.3 million ($3.50 million) in June 2019 and RMB0.8 million ($0.12 million) in December 2019. Under the facilities, the Company borrowed RMB141.8 million (approximately $20.4 million) as of December 31, 2019. The facilities were secured by the Company’s land use rights, buildings, machinery and equipment.
Bearing interest									5.655%				5.655%
Bank loan			$ 3,500,000						$ 120,000		$ 120,000
China Everbright Bank Dalian Branch [Member] \| Mr. Yunfei Li [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Equity method investment, ownership percentage									15.00%				15.00%
China Everbright Bank Dalian Branch [Member] \| CBAK Power [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Equity method investment, ownership percentage									100.00%				100.00%			100.00%	100.00%
Debt instrument discount rate																4.00%	4.00%
China Everbright Bank Dalian Branch [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity \| ¥													¥ 39,900,000		¥ 39,900,000		¥ 100,000,000		¥ 28,000,000						¥ 96,100,000				¥ 60,000,000		¥ 100,000,000
Long-term Line of Credit \| ¥																	¥ 50,000,000		¥ 28,000,000
Bank acceptances bills \| ¥																							¥ 28,800,000
Bank loan \| ¥				¥ 24,300,000						¥ 800,000		¥ 800,000
Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. Dalian Branch [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity																				$ 200,000
Long-term Line of Credit																				$ 200,000
Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. Dalian Branch [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity \| ¥																					¥ 1,500,000
Long-term Line of Credit \| ¥																					¥ 1,500,000