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Loans (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Loans [Abstract]  
Schedule of debt
   December 31,   December 31, 
   2018   2019 
Current maturities of long-term bank loans  $3,659,324   $16,574,752 
Long-term bank borrowings   20,614,194    9,519,029 
   $24,273,518   $26,093,781 
Schedule of facilities secured by the company's assets
  December 31,   December 31, 
   2018   2019 
Pledged deposits (note 3)  $16,014,118   $4,021,255 
Prepaid land use rights (note 10)   7,446,117    - 
Right-of-use assets (note 10)   -    7,194,195 
Buildings   17,501,902    17,683,961 
Machinery and equipment   10,206,100    7,196,810 
Bills receivable (note 4)   6,353,342    - 
   $57,521,579   $36,096,221 
Schedule of advance from related parties
   December 31,   December 31, 
   Note   2018   2019 
Advance from related parties            
– Tianjin BAK New Energy Research Institute Co., Ltd ("Tianjin New Energy")   (a)   $11,095,070   $- 
– Mr. Xiangqian Li, the Company's Former CEO   (b)    100,000    100,000 
– Mr. Yunfei Li   (c)(e)    116,307    212,470 
– Shareholders   (d)(e)    2,035,381    86,679 
         13,346,758    399,149 
Advances from unrelated third party               
– Mr. Wenwu Yu   (f)    146,813    30,135 
– Ms. Longqian Peng   (f)    654,230    646,273 
– Mr. Shulin Yu   (g)    -    517,018 
– Jilin Province Trust Co. Ltd   (h)    -    5,687,204 
– Suzhou Zhengyuanwei Needle Ce Co., Ltd   (i)    -    71,808 
         801,043    6,952,438 
        $14,147,801   $7,351,587 

 

(a) The Company received advances from Tianjin New Energy, a related company under the control of Mr. Xiangqian Li, the Company's former CEO, which was unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand. On November 1, 2016, Mr. Xiangqian Li ceased to be a shareholder but remained as a general manager of Tianjin New Energy.
   
 

On January 7, 2019, each of Mr. Dawei Li and Mr. Yunfei Li (the Company's CEO) entered into 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.

 

On January 7, 2019, 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.

 

On April 26, 2019, each of Mr. Jun Lang, Ms. Jing Shi and Asia EVK Energy Auto Limited ("Asia EVK") entered into 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.

 

On April 26, 2019, 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.

 

 

(b) Advances from Mr. Xiangqian Li, the Company's former CEO, was unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand.

 

(c) Advances from Mr. Yunfei Li, the Company's CEO, was unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand.

 

(d)

The earnest money paid by certain shareholders in relation to share purchase (note 1) were unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand.

 

In 2019, according to the investment agreements and agreed by the investors, the Company returned partial earnest money of $966,579 (approximately RMB6.7 million) to these investors.

 

On October 14, 2019, the Company entered into a cancellation agreement with Mr. Shangdong Liu, Mr. Shibin Mao, Ms. Lijuan Wang and Mr. Ping Shen (the creditors). Pursuant to the terms of the cancellation agreement, Mr. Shangdong Liu, Mr. Shibin Mao, Ms. Lijuan Wang and Mr. Ping Shen agreed to cancel and convert the Fifth Debt (note 1) and the Unpaid Earnest Money in exchange for 528,053, 3,536,068, 2,267,798 and 2,267,798 shares of common stock of the Company, respectively, at an exchange price of $0.6 per share. Upon receipt of the shares, the creditors will release the Company from any claims, demands and other obligations relating to the Fifth Debt and the Unpaid Earnest Money.

 

As of December 31, 2019, earnest money of $86,679 remained outstanding.

   
(e)

On June 28, 2019, 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.

 

(f)

Advances from unrelated third parties were unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand.

 

(g) On June 25, 2019, 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).
   
(h)

In January 2019, 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%. Subsequent to December 31, 2019, the Company fully repaid the loan principal and accrued interest.

 

(i) In 2019, 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..