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Property and Equipment and Construction in Progress
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS

5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS


Property and Equipment


As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had net property and equipment (after impairment allowance) of $26.63 million and $27.04 million, respectively, which was for the Chengli project.


The Chengli project finished construction, and was transferred to the Company’s fixed assets at a cost of $35.24 million (without impairment loss) and ready to be put into operation as of December 31, 2018. On January 22, 2019, Xi’an Zhonghong completed the transfer of Chengli CDQ WHPG project as the partial repayment for the loan of RMB 188,639,400 ($27.54 million) to HYREF (see Note 9). However, because the loan was not deemed repaid due to the buyback right (See Note 9 for detail), the Company kept the Chengli project in its books as fixed assets for accounting purposes.


Construction in Progress


Construction in progress was for constructing power generation systems for Xuzhou Tian’an project. The Company recorded additional RMB 6,047,602 ($876,660) asset impairment for Tian’an Project in 2019, which is the difference between the Project’s selling price and the carrying value as of December 31, 2019. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company’s construction in progress included:


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   2020  2019
Xuzhou Tian’an  $-   $37,759,277 
Less: assets impairment allowance   -    (13,935,075)
Total  $-   $23,824,202 

On January 10, 2020, Zhonghong, Tianyu and Huaxin signed a transfer agreement to transfer all assets under construction and related rights and interests of Xuzhou Tian’an Project to Tianyu for RMB 170 million including VAT ($24.37 million) three installment payments. The 1st installment payment of RMB 50 million ($7.17 million) to be paid within 20 working days after the contract is signed. The 2nd installment payment of RMB 50 million ($7.17 million) is to be paid within 20 working days after completion of the project construction but no later than July 31, 2020. The final installment payment of RMB 70 million ($10.03 million) is to be paid before December 31, 2020. On March 11, 2020, the Company received the 1st installment payment.