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4. PREPAID LAND LEASE	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Property Management Fees
4. PREPAID LAND LEASE	The Company prepaid for land leases with lease terms for periods ranging from one to fifty years to use the land on which the production facilities and warehouses of the Company are situated. The prepaid land lease is amortized on a straight line basis. The Company paid $9,732,118 for a 50-year lease of a piece of land for the new factory at Bohai Marine Fine Chemical Industrial Park in December, 2017. The land use certificate is being processed by the government and the commencement date of the lease will be known upon completion of the application process. During the year ended December 31, 2017, amortization of prepaid land lease totaled $989,816, of which $634,535 and $355,281 were recorded as cost of net revenue and direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown. During the year ended December 31, 2016, amortization of prepaid land lease totaled $774,250, which was recorded as cost of net revenue. The Company has the rights to use certain parcels of land located in Shouguang, the PRC, through lease agreements signed with local townships or the government authority. For parcels of land that are collectively owned by local townships, the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates. The parcels of land of which the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates covers a total of approximately 54.97 square kilometers of aggregate carrying value of $645,761 and approximately 54.97 square kilometers of aggregate carrying value of $620,978 as at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

4. PREPAID LAND LEASE

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

The Company prepaid for land leases with lease terms for periods ranging from one to fifty years to use the land on which the production facilities and warehouses of the Company are situated. The prepaid land lease is amortized on a straight line basis.

The Company paid $9,732,118 for a 50-year lease of a piece of land for the new factory at Bohai Marine Fine Chemical Industrial Park in December, 2017. The land use certificate is being processed by the government and the commencement date of the lease will be known upon completion of the application process.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, amortization of prepaid land lease totaled $989,816, of which $634,535 and $355,281 were recorded as cost of net revenue and direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, amortization of prepaid land lease totaled $774,250, which was recorded as cost of net revenue.

The Company has the rights to use certain parcels of land located in Shouguang, the PRC, through lease agreements signed with local townships or the government authority. For parcels of land that are collectively owned by local townships, the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates. The parcels of land of which the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates covers a total of approximately 54.97 square kilometers of aggregate carrying value of $645,761 and approximately 54.97 square kilometers of aggregate carrying value of $620,978 as at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.