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13A. Short term borrowings (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
ZHEJIANG TIANLAN |
Short term borrowings |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | RMB’000 |  |  | RMB’000 |
Bank loan borrowed by the Company (note i) |  |  | 20,000 |  |  |  | 40,000 |
Bank loan borrowed by a subsidiary of the Company (note ii) |  |  | 5,000 |  |  |  | 5,000 |
|  |  | 25,000 |  |  |  | 45,000 |

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