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Organization, Principal Activities and Management's Plans - Schedule of Subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entity (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
Taoping Inc. [Member] |  |  |
Entities | Taoping Inc. |  |
Location | British Virgin Islands |  |
Taoping Holdings Limited (THL) [Member] |  |  |
Entities | Taoping Holdings Limited (THL) |  |
Subsidiaries/VIE | Subsidiary |  |
Percentage owned | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00%
Location | British Virgin Islands |  |
Information Security Tech International Co., Ltd. [Member] |  |  |
Entities | Information Security Tech. International Co., Ltd. (IST HK) |  |
Subsidiaries/VIE | Subsidiary |  |
Percentage owned | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00%
Location | Hong Kong, China |  |
Information Security Tech (China) Co., Ltd. [Member] |  |  |
Entities | Information Security Tech. (China) Co., Ltd. (IST) |  |
Subsidiaries/VIE | Subsidiary |  |
Percentage owned | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00%
Location | Shenzhen, China |  |
TopCloud Software (China) Co., Ltd. (TopCloud) [Member] |  |  |
Entities | TopCloud Software (China) Co., Ltd. (TopCloud) |  |
Subsidiaries/VIE | Subsidiary |  |
Percentage owned | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00%
Location | Shenzhen, China |  |
Information Security IoT Tech. Co., Ltd. (ISIOT) [Member] |  |  |
Entities | Information Security IoT Tech. Co., Ltd. (ISIOT) |  |
Subsidiaries/VIE | Subsidiary |  |
Percentage owned | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00%
Location | Shenzhen, China |  |
iASPEC Technology Group Co., Ltd. (iASPEC) [Member] |  |  |
Entities | iASPEC Technology Group Co., Ltd. (iASPEC) |  |
Subsidiaries/VIE | VIE |  |
Percentage owned | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00%
Location | Shenzhen, China |  |
Biznest Internet Tech Co., Ltd. [Member] |  |  |
Entities | Biznest Internet Tech. Co., Ltd. (Biznest) |  |
Subsidiaries/VIE | VIE subsidiary |  |
Percentage owned | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00%
Location | Shenzhen, China |  |
iASPEC Bocom IoT Tech. Co., Ltd. (Bocom) [Member] |  |  |
Entities | iASPEC Bocom IoT Tech. Co., Ltd. (Bocom) |  |
Subsidiaries/VIE | VIE subsidiary |  |
Percentage owned | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00%
Location | Shenzhen, China |  |
Shenzhen Taoping Internet Tech. Co., Ltd.[Member] |  |  |
Entities | Shenzhen Taoping Internet Tech. Co., Ltd. |  |
Subsidiaries/VIE | VIE subsidiary |  |
Percentage owned | 0.00% | 0.00% | 100.00%
Location | Shenzhen, China |  |

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