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Annual fixed license fee payable.

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Represents the amount of the annual license fee payable.

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Annual license fees payable description.

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The fixed amount of payment to cover other services provided by Phoenix TV Group, which group will pay for the first year.

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Represents the fixed fee for each company.

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The percentage of annual growth on fixed amount of payment, which group will pay.

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Percentage of annual license fees payable in excess of revenue generated.

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Represents the percentage of revenue from which the annual license fee payable is derived.

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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.

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Principal Accounting Policies - Basis of presentation, principles of consolidation, and cost allocations (Details) ¥ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 15, 2020 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
2020 Program Resource License and Cooperation Agreement \| Subsequent Event
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Annual fixed license fees payable \| ¥	¥ 2.0
Percentage of annual license fees payable in excess of revenue generated	50.00%
Agreement term	2 years
Annual license fees payable description	The annual license fees payable to Phoenix TV Group under the 2020 Program Resource License and Cooperation Agreement are RMB2.0 million plus 50% of the revenue generated from the use of the licensed program resource in excess of RMB2.0 million.
Phoenix TV Group \| Content license fee
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Fixed amount of payment to cover other services provided by Phoenix TV Group, group will pay for the first year \| ¥			¥ 10.0
Percentage of annual growth on fixed amount of payment, group will pay		15.00%
Phoenix TV Group \| Trademark license fee \| Old Agreements
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Annual license fee payable \| $				$ 10,000
Phoenix TV Group \| Trademark license fee \| New Agreements \| Maximum
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue from which the annual license fee payable is derived		2.00%
Fixed fee for each company \| $		$ 100,000