Bank borrowings (Details Narrative) - ZHEJIANG TIANLAN - CNY (¥)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Borrowed By The Company
Interest fixed rates	3.85%	5.00%
Interest fixed rates minimum		4.35%
Interest paid	¥ 408,000	¥ 253,000	¥ 1,377,000
Borrowed By Subsidiaries Company
Interest fixed rates	4.85%	5.00%
Interest fixed rates minimum		4.35%
Interest paid	¥ 218,000	¥ 427,000	¥ 287,000

Amount of cash paid for interest, including, but not limited to, capitalized interest and payment to settle zero-coupon bond attributable to accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount; classified as operating and investing activities.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126999549&loc=d3e4297-108586

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