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Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest					(152,790)	(106,261)
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)			$ (67,012)							¥ (411,723)
Working Capital Deficit								¥ 178,580		217,293
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	49.00%											49.00%
Due To Related Parties, Current			$ 6,028					¥ 42,633		¥ 293,732
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Reverse Stock Splits \| shares		2,700,000
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Selling and Marketing Expense			$ 586	4,038	411	0
Common Stock, No Par Value \| $ / shares			$ 0						$ 0		$ 0
Reserve Stock Split Minimum Shares Applicability \| shares		100
Share Holders Equity Reverse Stock Split Description		1-for-10 reverse stock split
Proceeds from (Repayments of) Debt	¥ 78,000
Assets Held-for-sale, Not Part of Disposal Group \| $			$ 799
Cash consideration				26,000
Amount deposited in escrow account			2,100					¥ 15,000
Provision for Doubtful Accounts			0	0	2,105	0
Asset Impairment Charges			$ 596	4,213	0	25,873
ASU 2016-02
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Operating Lease, Liability							¥ 3,350
Beijing Changping Technology Innodevelop Group [Member]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	51.00%
Funding By Coventurer	¥ 204,000
Beijing Shihui [Member]
Due To Related Parties, Current										¥ 137,811
Assets Held-for-sale, Not Part of Disposal Group								¥ 12,051
Minimum [Member]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation			1.00					1.00
Research and Development [Member]
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Advertising Expenses [Member]
Advertising Expense				¥ 589	¥ 0	¥ 521
China-Based Commercial Corn Seed Production and Distribution Business [Member]
Expected Cash Proceeds From Sale Of Business													¥ 421,000	¥ 400,000