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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Mar. 28, 2017
Jun. 30, 2016
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]      
Entity Registrant Name CHINA RECYCLING ENERGY CORP    
Entity Central Index Key 0000721693    
Amendment Flag true    
Amendment Description In response to a comment letter received from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ''SEC''), dated December 4, 2018, China Recycling Energy Corporation (the ''Company,'' ''we,'' ''us'' or ''our'') is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, originally filed with the SEC on March 30, 2017 (the ''Original Form 10-K'') to reevaluate the leases for Erdos TCH as a result of a supplemental agreement effective on May 1, 2016, wherein Erdos TCH cancelled monthly minimum lease payments from Erdos, charged Erdos based on actual electricity sold at RMB 0.30 / Kwh, and pursuant to which we concluded that the lease payments that depend on a factor directly related to the future use of the leased property were contingent rentals. Accordingly, such lease payments were excluded from minimum lease payments in their entirety. The Company therefore wrote off the net investment receivables of these leases on May 1, 2016. This Form 10-K/A should be read in conjunction with the Company's periodic filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing date of the Original Form 10-K, including any amendments to those filings, as well as any Current Reports, filed on Form 8-K subsequent to the date of the Original Form 10-K. In addition, in accordance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are providing currently dated certifications in connection with this Form 10-K/A. The certifications are filed as Exhibits 31.3, 31.4, 32.3 and 32.4. Because this Form 10-K/A sets forth the Original Form 10-K in its entirety, it includes both items that have been changed as a result of the amended disclosures and items that are unchanged from the Original Form 10-K. Other than the revision of the disclosures as discussed above, this Form 10-K/A speaks as of the original filing date of the Original Form 10-K and has not been updated to reflect other events occurring subsequent to the original filing date. This includes forward-looking statements and all other sections of this Form 10-K/A that were not directly impacted by this amendment, which should be read in their historical context.    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31    
Document Type 10-K/A    
Document Period End Date Dec. 31, 2016    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2016    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer No    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity Filer Category Non-accelerated Filer    
Entity Small Business true    
Entity Emerging Growth Company false    
Entity Ex Transition Period false    
Entity Shell Company false    
Entity Public Float     $ 18,781,047.48
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   8,310,198