Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Dec. 22, 2017	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities (Textual)
Federal corporate income tax rate		21.00%	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Operating loss carryforwards available to reduce future taxable income		$ 102,293		$ 102,293		$ 103,580,741
Expire, description				Succeeding 5 tax years.
GILTI effective tax, description				The U.S. Tax Reform also includes provisions for a new tax on GILTI effective for tax years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 2017. The GILTI provisions impose a tax on foreign income in excess of a deemed return on tangible assets of controlled foreign corporations ("CFCs"), subject to the possible use of foreign tax credits and a deduction equal to 50 percent to offset the income tax liability, subject to some limitations.
PRC Tax [Member]
Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities (Textual)
Net operating loss carry forwards		35,931,211		$ 35,931,211		$ 30,437,270
Expire, description				which will expire in various years through 2023 to 2029.
Uncertain income tax position, description				An uncertain income tax position will not be recognized if it has less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained. Interest and penalties on income taxes will be classified as a component of the provisions for income taxes.
PRC tax, description				The Company's subsidiaries in China are subject to enterprise income tax at 25% for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020.
United States Tax [Member]
Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities (Textual)
Expire, description				Expire in various years through 2035.
Foreign tax credits, description				Deduction equal to 50 percent to offset the income tax liability, subject to some limitations.
Offset capital gains		$ 103,478,448		$ 103,478,448
United states tax, description				CBAK is a Nevada corporation that is subject to U.S. corporate income tax on its taxable income at a rate of up to 21% for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 and U.S. corporate income tax on its taxable income of up to 35% for prior tax years.
United States Tax [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities (Textual)
Federal corporate income tax rate	35.00%
United States Tax [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities (Textual)
Federal corporate income tax rate	21.00%
Hong Kong Tax [Member]
Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities (Textual)
Federal corporate income tax rate		16.50%	16.50%	16.50%	16.50%