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7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, the Company borrowed $0 and $251,912, respectively, from Jiaxing Lighting Appliance Company Limited (Jiaxing Lighting”), in which Mr. Ming Yang, a shareholder and the Chairman of the Company, has a 100% equity interest. There was no balance owing to Jiaxing Lighting as of September 30, 2018.

 

On September 25, 2012, the Company purchased five floors 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. During the first quarter of 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with the Seller, a related party, to provide property management services for an annual amount of approximately $99,200 for five years from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022. The expense associated with this agreement for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was approximately $23,000 and $72,000.