Loans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

SCHEDULE OF DEBT [Table Text Block]

		September 30,		December 31,		December 31,
		2016		2016		2017
Short-term bank borrowings	$	1,498,936	$	1,439,947	$	-
Long-term bank borrowings		19,006,505		18,258,528		19,489,702
	$	20,505,441	$	19,698,475	$	19,489,702

SCHEDULE OF FACILITIES SECURED BY THE COMPANY'S ASSETS [Table Text Block]

		September 30,		December 31,		December 31,
		2016		2016		2017
Pledged deposits (note 4)	$	3,305,305	$	3,064,155	$	7,808,329
Prepaid land use rights (note 11)		8,056,005		7,698,523		8,044,935
Buildings		12,294,838		11,729,172		18,391,993
Machinery and equipment		3,041,665		2,598,882		2,374,748
Construction in progress		6,408,694		6,156,488		-
Bills receivable (note 5)		-		-		19,047,471
	$	33,106,507	$	31,247,220	$	55,667,476

SCHEDULE OF ADVANCE FROM RELATED PARTIES [Table Text Block]

			September 30,		December 31,		December 31,
	Note		2016		2016		2017
Advance from related parties
– Tianjin BAK New Energy Research Institute Co., Ltd     (“Tianjin New Energy”)	(a)	$	4,205,591	$	9,252,127	$	11,493,437
– Mr. Xiangqian Li, the Company’s Former CEO	(b)		100,000		100,000		100,000
– Shareholders	(c)		-		-		2,151,860
			4,305,591		9,352,127		13,745,297
Advances from unrelated third party
– Mr. Guozhu Liang	(d)		14,989		14,399		-
– Mr. Wenwu Yu	(d)		70,424		145,410		155,215
– Mr. Mingzhe Li	(d)		-		796,850		44,269
– Ms. Longqian Peng	(d)		-		215,992		691,669
			85,413		1,172,651		891,153
		$	4,391,004	$	10,524,778	$	14,636,450