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Property, Plant and Equipment
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property, plant and equipment
(7) Property, plant and equipment
 
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:
 
   
March 31,
2013
    
December 31,
2012
  
Property, Plant, and Equipment:
            
Land use rights
  
$
9,961,400
    
$
9,895,081
  
Building and improvements
    
31,837,778
      
31,625,816
  
Machinery and equipment
    
112,609,578
      
111,857,002
  
Vehicles
    
441,949
      
439,007
  
Construction in progress
    
2,645,773
      
1,315,664
  
     
157,496,478
      
155,132,570
  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    
(34,896,581
)
    
(32,741,114
)
Property, Plant and Equipment, net
  
$
122,599,897
    
$
122,391,456
  
 
Land use rights represent two parcels of state-owned land located in Xushui County of Hebei Province in China, with lease terms of 50 years expiring in 2053 and 2061, respectively.
 
Construction in progress mainly represents payments for the new 15,000 tonnes per year tissue paper manufacturing equipment PM8.
 
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, property, plant and equipment with net values of $9,025,899 and $9,316,645 have been pledged for the long-term loan from credit union of Orient Paper HB, respectively. In addition, land use right with net values of $7,431,490 and $7,419,614 were pledged for an independent third party which cross-guarantees the Company’s credit facility from the Bank of Hebei as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The amount of that long-term loan of the third party was $1,515,974 and will expire on February 26, 2014. Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment was $1,932,853 and $1,959,302 during the quarter ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.