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Loans (Details Textual) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Loans (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Oct. 14, 2019	Jun. 04, 2018	Jun. 28, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Jun. 25, 2019	Jan. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 10, 2020	Jul. 31, 2020	Dec. 30, 2019	Oct. 15, 2019	May 21, 2019	Mar. 07, 2019	Nov. 30, 2018	Aug. 31, 2018	Aug. 22, 2018	Sep. 30, 2015
Loans (Textual)
Bank acceptances bills							$ 8,791,499	$ 3,915,094
Equity method investment, ownership percentage																		50.00%
Interest							1,710,183	$ 2,293,440
Loans, description	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.
Related party description				The Company obtained additional one-year term facilities from Jilin Province Trust Co., Ltd with a maximum amount of RMB40.0 million (approximately $5.9 million), which was secured by land use rights and buildings of Eodos Liga Energy Co., Ltd. Under the facilities, the Company borrowed RMB24.2 million ($3.6 million) on March 13, 2020, bearing annual interest of 13.5%.	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). On June 22, 2020, the Company and Mr. Shulin Yu entered into a supplemental agreement to extend the loan for one year to June 24, 2021. The Company fully repaid the loan principal and accrued interests in October 2020.	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%. The Company fully repaid the loan principal and accrued interests in March 2020.
Investment agreements description								The Company returned partial earnest money of $966,579 (approximately RMB6.7 million) to these investors.
Remained outstanding value							88,888
Unutilized committed facilities							7,100,000
Other Short-term Loans							1,253,869	$ 7,351,587
Suzhou Zhengyuanwei Needle Ce C., 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%. As of December 31, 2020, loan amount of RMB0.5 million ($76,586) remained outstanding.
Agricultural Bank of China [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Outstanding loan							13,700,000
Agricultural Bank of China [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Outstanding loan							89,700,000
China Everbright Bank Dalian Branch [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity							3,820,000	$ 5,900,000		$ 3,820,000	$ 5,900,000	$ 4,120,000			$ 14,700,000	$ 8,800,000	$ 14,700,000
Long-term Line of Credit							3,820,000		$ 2,400,000	3,820,000		$ 4,120,000			$ 7,400,000	$ 8,800,000
Bank acceptances bills														$ 14,240,000
Debt instrument discount rate												3.30%				4.00%
Loans, description		The Company obtained banking facilities from China Everbright Bank Dalian Branch with a maximum amount of RMB200 million (approximately $30.63 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 facilities were secured by the Company’s land use rights, buildings, machinery and equipment. According to the original repayment schedule, the loans are repayable in six installments of RMB0.8 million ($0.12 million) on December 10, 2018, RMB24.3 million ($3.72 million) on June 10, 2019, RMB0.8 million ($0.12 million) on December 10, 2019, RMB74.7 million ($11.44 million) on June 10, 2020, RMB0.8 million ($0.12 million) on December 10, 2020 and RMB66.3 million ($10.16 million) on June 10, 2021. The Company repaid the bank loan of RMB0.8 million ($0.12 million), RMB24.3 million ($3.72 million) and RMB0.8 million ($0.12 million) in December 2018, June 2019 and December 2019, respectively.
Supplemental agreement description			The remaining RMB141.8 million (approximately $21.72 million) loans are repayable in eight instalments consisting of RMB1.09 million ($0.17 million) on June 10, 2020, RMB1 million ($0.15 million) on December 10, 2020, RMB2 million ($0.31 million) on January 10, 2021, RMB2 million ($0.31 million) on February 10, 2021, RMB2 million ($0.31 million) on March 10, 2021, RMB2 million ($0.31 million) on April 10, 2021, RMB2 million ($0.31 million) on May 10, 2021, and RMB129.7 million ($19.9 million) on June 10, 2021, respectively. The Company repaid the bank loan of RMB1.09 million ($0.17 million) and RMB51 million ($7.8 million) in June and December 2020, respectively.
Bearing interest								5.655%
China Everbright Bank Dalian Branch [Member] \| Mr. Yunfei Li [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Equity method investment, ownership percentage								15.00%
China Everbright Bank Dalian Branch [Member] \| CBAK Power [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Equity method investment, ownership percentage								100.00%							100.00%
Debt instrument discount rate															4.00%
China Everbright Bank Dalian Branch [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity							24,900,000	$ 39,900,000		24,900,000	$ 39,900,000	$ 28,000,000			$ 100,000,000	$ 60,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Long-term Line of Credit							24,900,000		$ 16,100,000	$ 24,900,000		$ 28,000,000			$ 50,000,000
Bank acceptances bills														$ 28,800,000
Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. Dalian Branch [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Bank acceptances bills													$ 200,000
Bills receivable													200,000
Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. Dalian Branch [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Bank acceptances bills													1,500,000
Bills receivable													$ 1,500,000
Jilin Province Trust Co., [Member]
Loans (Textual)
Other Short-term Loans							$ 7,400,000