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8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the three-month period ended September 30, 2019, the Company borrowed a sum of $299,995 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. The amount due to Jiaxing Lighting was unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand and was fully settled in the three-month period ended September 30, 2019. There was no balance owing to Jiaxing Lighting as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 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 $88,202 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, 2019 was approximately $22,050 and $67,900.The expense associated with this agreement for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was approximately $23,000 and $72,000.