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ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organization and Nature of Operations - China Pharma Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, owns 100% of Onny Investment Limited (Onny), a British Virgin Islands corporation, that in turn owns 100% of Hainan Helpson Medical & Biotechnology Co., Ltd (Helpson), a company organized under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the PRC). China Pharma Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries are referred to herein as the Company.

The Foreign Investment Industrial Catalogue  (the Catalogue) jointly issued by the China's Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission (as the latest version is the year 2011 version) classified various industries/businesses into three different categories: (i) encouraged for foreign investment; (ii) restricted to foreign investment; and (iii) prohibited from foreign investment. For any industry/business not covered by any of these three categories, they will be deemed industries/businesses permitted for foreign investment. A typical foreign investment ownership restriction in the pharmaceutical industry is that a foreign investment enterprise (the FIE) shall not have the whole or majority of its equity interests owned by a foreign owner if the FIE establishes more than 30 branch stores and distributes a variety of brands in those franchise stores, which is not our case. Helpson manufactures and markets generic and branded pharmaceutical products as well as biochemical products primarily to hospitals and private retailers located throughout the PRC. The Company believes Helpson's business is not subject to any ownership restrictions prescribed under the Catalogue. Onny acquired 100% of the ownership in Helpson from Helpson's three former shareholders on May 25, 2005 by entry into an Equity Transfer Agreement with such three parties on May 25, 2005. The transaction was approved by the Commercial Bureau of Hainan Province on June 12, 2005 and Helpson received the Certificate of Approval for Establishing of Enterprises with Foreign Investment in the PRC on the same day and its business license evidencing its WFOE (Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise) status on June 21, 2005.

Through Helpson, the Company manufactures and markets generic and branded pharmaceutical products primarily to hospitals and private retailers located throughout the PRC. The Company has and continues to acquire well-accepted medical formulas to maintain a diverse portfolio of Western and Chinese medicines. Helpson also manufactures biochemical products and health products.

Consolidation and Basis of Presentation - The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and are expressed in United States dollars. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Helpson's functional currency is the Chinese Renminbi. Helpson's revenue and expenses are translated into United States dollars at the average exchange rate for the period. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate as of the end of the reporting period. Gains or losses from translating Helpson's financial statements are included in accumulated other comprehensive income, which is a component of stockholders' equity. Gains and losses arising from transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the entity that is party to the transaction are included in the results of operations.

Accounting Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Cash and cash equivalents include interest bearing and non-interest bearing bank deposits, money market accounts, and short-term banker's acceptances purchased with maturities of three months or less.

Trade Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - Trade accounts receivables are carried at original invoiced amounts less an allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowances for doubtful accounts are calculated based on a detailed review of certain individual customer accounts and an estimation of the overall economic conditions affecting the Company's customer base. The Company reviews a customer's credit history before extending credit. If the financial condition of its customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additions to the allowance would be required. A provision is made against accounts receivable to the extent they are considered unlikely to be collected. It is common practice in the PRC for receivables to extend beyond one year. Customer balances outstanding for more than one year are allowed for at a greater rate when calculating the allowance for doubtful accounts. At December 31, 2011, trade accounts receivables included $14,973,639 from sales that occurred more than one year prior to December 31, 2011, that Management believes are collectable.
 
Advances to Suppliers and Advances from Customers - Common practice in the PRC is to make advances to suppliers for materials and to receive advances from customers for finished products. Advances to suppliers are applied to trade accounts payable when the materials are received. Advances received from customers are applied against trade accounts receivable when finished products are sold.
 
Inventory - Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, computed on an average cost basis. An allowance for inventory obsolescence is provided when the market value of inventory items is lower than their cost.
 
Valuation of Long-Lived Assets - The carrying values of long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying values may not be recoverable. When such an event occurs, the Company projects the undiscounted cash flows to be generated from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition over the remaining life of the asset. If projections indicate that the carrying value of an asset will not be recovered, it is reduced by the estimated excess of the carrying value over the projected discounted cash flows estimated to be generated by the asset. No impairment was recognized during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.
 
Property and Equipment - Property and equipment are stated at cost. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred and major improvements are capitalized. Gains or losses on sale, trade-in or retirement are included in operations during the period of disposition.
 
Revenue Recognition - Revenue is considered earned when the Company has persuasive evidence of an arrangement with the customer, delivery of the products has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery does not occur until products have been shipped to the customer, risk of loss has transferred to the customer and customer acceptance has been obtained, customer acceptance provisions have lapsed, or the Company has objective evidence that the criteria specified in the customer acceptance provisions have been satisfied. The sales price is not considered to be fixed or determinable until all contingencies related to the sale have been resolved.
 
Cost of Revenues - Cost of revenues includes wages, materials, handling charges, and other expenses associated with the manufacture and delivery of products.
 
Research and Development - Research and development expenditures are recorded as expenses in the period in which they occur. Research and development costs were not material during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. 
 
Retirement Benefit Plans - The Company is required to make monthly contributions at prescribed rates to various employee retirement benefit plans organized by provincial governments. The governments benefit plans assume the retirement benefit obligations of all existing and future retired employees of the Company. The Company contributed $166,071 and $67,675 to retirement benefit plans for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Contributions to these plans are charged to expense as incurred.
 
Advertising Costs - Advertising costs are expensed when incurred. Total advertising expense for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were $0 and $3,393, respectively.

Basic and Diluted Earnings per Common Share - Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated to give effect to potentially issuable dilutive common shares.

The following table is a presentation of the numerators and denominators used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share:
 
   
For the Years Ended
 
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Net income
  $ 19,269,642     $ 23,414,347  
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding
    43,479,899       43,329,554  
Effect of dilutive securities:
               
Warrants
    -       189,348  
Options
    -       13,533  
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding
    43,479,899       43,532,435  
Basic earnings per share
  $ 0.44     $ 0.54  
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 0.44     $ 0.54  
 
 
Potential common shares were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share as their effect would have been anti-dilutive as follows:
 
   
For the Years Ended
 
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Warrants with exercise prices of $3.00 to $3.80 per share
    150,000       183,333  
Options with an exercise price of $2.54 to $3.47 per share
    310,000       200,000  
Total
    460,000       383,333  
 
 
Credit Risk - The carrying amounts of accounts receivable included in the balance sheet represent the Company's exposure to credit risk in relation to its financial assets. No other financial assets carry a significant exposure to credit risk. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of each customer's financial condition and maintains that actual losses in the aggregate have not exceeded Management's estimations since the Company has not experienced any bad debt losses.
 
 
The Company has its cash in bank deposits primarily at state owned banks located in the PRC. Historically, deposits in PRC banks have been secure due to the state policy on protecting depositors' interests. The PRC promulgated a new Bankruptcy Law in August 2006, which came into effect on June 1, 2007, which contains provisions for the implementation of measures for the bankruptcy of PRC banks. In the event that bankruptcy laws are enacted for banks in the PRC, the Company's deposits may be at a higher risk of loss.
 
Interest Rate Risk - The Company is exposed to the risk arising from changing interest rates, which may affect the ability of repayment of existing debts and viability of securing future debt instruments within the PRC.
 
Recently Announced Accounting Standards - In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued guidance to amend the disclosure requirements related to fair value measurements. The guidance requires the disclosure of roll forward activities on purchases, sales, issuance, and settlements of the assets and liabilities measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 fair value measurements). The guidance became effective for the Company as of January 1, 2011 and did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In April 2010, the FASB issued guidance to clarify classification of an employee stock-based payment award when the exercise price is denominated in the currency of a market in which the underlying equity security trades. The guidance became effective for the Company as of January 1, 2011 and did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
 
In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance which eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. An entity can elect to present items of net income and other comprehensive income in one continuous statement or in two separate, but consecutive, statements. The guidance is effective for publicly traded companies as of the beginning of a fiscal year that begins after December 15, 2011 and interim and annual periods thereafter. Early adoption is permitted, but full retrospective application is required. The Company adopted this guidance and it did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
 
Reclassification - The Company has reclassified certain 2010 amounts to conform to the 2011 presentation. The principal item was the reclassification of $25,501,003 from intangible assets to advances for purchases of intangible assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2010. The reclassifications had no effect on net income.