Deferred Government Grants

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Other Long Term Payables [Abstract]

Deferred Government Grants

16. Deferred Government Grants

Deferred government grants as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2021 consist of the following:

	December 31,			September 30,
	2020			2021
Total government grants	$	7,456,308		$	8,987,250
Less: Current portion		(151,476	)		(153,402	)
Non-current portion	$	7,304,832		$	8,833,848

In September 2013, the Management Committee of Dalian Economic Zone Management Committee (the “Management Committee”) provided a subsidy of RMB150 million to finance the costs incurred in moving the Company facilities to Dalian, including the loss of sales while the new facilities were being constructed. For the year ended September 30, 2015, the Company recognized $23,103,427 as income after offset of the related removal expenditures of $1,004,027. No such income or offset was recognized in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2021.

On October 17, 2014, the Company received a subsidy of RMB46,150,000 pursuant to an agreement with the Management Committee dated July 2, 2013 for costs of land use rights and to be used to construct the new manufacturing site in Dalian. Part of the facilities had been completed and was operated in July 2015 and the Company has initiated amortization on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the depreciable facilities constructed thereon.

On June 23, 2020, BAK Asia, the Company wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary, entered into a framework investment agreement with Jiangsu Gaochun Economic Development Zone Development Group Company (“Gaochun EDZ”), pursuant to which the Company intended to develop certain lithium battery projects that aim to have a production capacity of 8Gwh. Gaochun EDZ agreed to provide various support to facilitate the development and operation of the projects. As of the date of this report, the Company received RMB30 million (approximately $4.7 million) subsidy from Gaochun EDZ. The Company will recognize the government subsidies as income or offsets them against the related expenditures when there are no present or future obligations for the subsidized projects.

The Company offset government grants of $35,713 and $38,207 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2021 and $106,020 and $114,606 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2021, respectively, against depreciation expenses of the Dalian facilities.