Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Revenues
From unrelated parties	$ 7,245,000	$ 5,012,000
From related parties	19,000	48,000
Total revenues	7,264,000	5,060,000
Cost of revenues	5,992,000	3,456,000
Gross profit	1,272,000	1,604,000
Operating expenses
Sales and marketing expenses	834,000	880,000
General and administrative expenses	1,092,000	1,706,000
Research and development expenses	395,000	426,000
Total operating expenses	2,321,000	3,012,000
Loss from operations	(1,049,000)	(1,408,000)
Other income/(expenses)
Interest income	19,000	27,000
Interest expense	(36,000)
Other expenses	(3,000)	(12,000)
Total other (expense)/income	(20,000)	15,000
Loss before income tax benefit, noncontrolling interests and discontinued operation	(1,069,000)	(1,393,000)
Income tax benefit		28,000
Loss from continuing operation	(1,069,000)	(1,365,000)
Loss from discontinued operation, net of income tax		(46,000)
Net loss	(1,069,000)	(1,411,000)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests from continuing operations	(18,000)
Net loss attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.	(1,087,000)	(1,411,000)
Net loss	(1,069,000)	(1,411,000)
Foreign currency translation gain	106,000	112,000
Comprehensive Loss	(963,000)	(1,299,000)
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	19,000	17,000
Comprehensive loss attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.	$ (944,000)	$ (1,282,000)
Loss from continuing operations per common share
Basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.12)
Loss from discontinued operations per common share
Basic and diluted (in dollars per share)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted (in shares)	11,982,504	11,342,971