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Organization, Principal Activities and Management's Plans (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entity |
|  |  |  | June 30, |  |  | December 31, |  |  | December 31, |  |  |
|  | Subsidiaries/ |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  |
Entities |  | VIE |  | % owned |  |  | % owned |  |  | % owned |  |  | Location
China Information Technology, Inc (CNIT) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | British Virgin Islands
China Information Technology Holdings Limited (CITH) |  | Subsidiary |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  | British Virgin Islands
Information Security Tech. International Co., Ltd. (ISTIL) |  | Subsidiary |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  | Hong Kong, China
Information Security Tech. (China) Co., Ltd. (IST) |  | Subsidiary |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  | Shenzhen, China
TopCloud Software (China) Co., Ltd. (TopCloud) |  | Subsidiary |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  | Shenzhen, China
Information Security IoT Tech. Co., Ltd. (ISIOT) |  | Subsidiary |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  | Shenzhen, China
iASPEC Technology Group Co., Ltd. (iASPEC) |  | VIE |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  | Shenzhen, China
Biznest Internet Tech. Co., Ltd. (Biznest) |  | VIE |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  | Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen Taoping Internet Tech. Co., Ltd. (Taoping) |  | VIE |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  | Shenzhen, China
iASPEC Bocom IoT Tech. Co., Ltd. (Bocom) |  | VIE |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  | Shenzhen, China

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