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Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Textual)
Depreciation expense	$ 1,584,973	$ 1,403,585	$ 1,185,476
Plant construction expenditure description	The Company's properties with an aggregate carrying value of approximately $1.2 million (RMB 8.6 million) has been used as collateral for the Company's short-term loans.

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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation.

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Information pertaining to allowance for funds used during construction (AFUDC) for utilities (for example, description of projects, computation, amounts, rates, accounting, recovery period, noncash income). Allowance for funds used during construction represents the estimated costs of debt and equity financings necessary to finance the construction of regulated assets. May also indicate the financial statement captions that are affected by AFUDC, such as construction work in progress, other revenue, and interest expense (as a reduction for the capitalized portion).

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