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8. DUE TO A RELATED PARTY AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
8. DUE TO A RELATED PARTY AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

On September 25, 2012, the Company purchased five stories of a commercial building in the PRC, through SYCI, from Shandong Shouguang Vegetable Seed Industry Group Co., Ltd. (the “Seller”) at a cost of approximately $5.7 million in cash, of which Mr. Ming Yang, the Chairman of the Company, had a 99% equity interest in the Seller. The cost of the five stories of the commercial building was valued by an independent appraiser to its fair value and recorded as property, plant and equipment. The Company intends to use the property as the new headquarters for the office. During the fiscal year 2013, the Company entered into an agreement with the Seller to provide property management services for an annual amount of $100,704 for five years from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2017. The Company recorded in general and administrative expense an amount of $100,704 in the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

During the fiscal year 2012, the Company borrowed $478,160, and fully repaid later during the same period, from Jiaxing Lighting Appliance Company Limited (Jiaxing Lighting”), in which Mr. Ming Yang, a shareholder and the Chairman of the Company, had a 100% equity interest in Jiaxing Lighting. The amounts due to Jiaxing Lighting were unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.

 

During the fiscal year 2013, the Company borrowed $905,449, and fully repaid later during the same period, from Jiaxing Lighting Appliance Company Limited (Jiaxing Lighting”), in which Mr. Ming Yang, a shareholder and the Chairman of the Company, had a 100% equity interest in Jiaxing Lighting. The amounts due to Jiaxing Lighting were unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.