Document And Entity Information - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Apr. 13, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021
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Entity Registrant Name	CBAK ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Trading Symbol	CBAT
Document Type	10-K/A
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		88,705,016
Entity Public Float			$ 363.3
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. (the “Company” or “we”) filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Original Annual Report”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 15, 2022. The Company is filing this Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Original Annual Report, to add or revise disclosures in Introductory Note and Item 1A. Risk Factors, in order to, among other things, (i) provide additional disclosures regarding the Company’s status as “a Commission-Identified Issuer” under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, (ii) disclose the risks that the Company’s corporate structure and being based in or having the majority of the Company’s operations in China pose to investors, (iii) add a section titled “Permissions Required from the PRC Authorities for Our Business Operations and Securities Offering” to disclose the permissions and approvals required to be obtained from Chinese authorities to operate the Company’s business and securities offering, (iv) add a section titled “Cash and Asset Flows through Our Organization” to describe how cash is transferred through our organization, and (v) add a section titled “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” to address the difficulty of bringing actions against the Company’s officers and directors who are located in China and enforcing judgments against them.In addition, pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Amendment also contains new certifications by the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer in Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2 as required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.Except as specifically described above, this Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Annual Report, nor does it modify or update disclosures therein in any way other than as required to reflect the revisions described above. Among other things, forward-looking statements made in the Original Annual Report have not been revised to reflect events that occurred or facts that became known to us after the filing of the Original Annual Report, and any such forward looking statements should be read in their historical context. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Annual Report.
Entity Central Index Key	0001117171
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2021
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2021
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag	false
Document Annual Report	true
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-32898
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	NV
Entity Tax Identification Number	88-0442833
Entity Address, Address Line One	CBAK Industrial Park
Entity Address, Address Line Two	Meigui Street
Entity Address, Address Line Three	Huayuankou Economic Zone
Entity Address, City or Town	Dalian City
Entity Address, Country	CN
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	116450
City Area Code	(86) (411)
Local Phone Number	-3918-5985
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, $0.001 par value
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Auditor Name	Centurion ZD CPA & Co
Auditor Location	Hong Kong, China
Auditor Firm ID	2769