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Taxes Payable (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Taxes Payable (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2008	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016
Taxes Payable (Textual)
Income tax expense (benefit)		$ 1,468,638	$ 1,284,551	$ 3,092,769	$ 3,061,993	$ 7,371,967
Value added tax rate				13.00%
Effective income tax rate reconciliation, percentage				19.40%	26.70%
Effective income tax rate reconciliation, federal				34.00%	34.00%
September 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 [Member]
Taxes Payable (Textual)
VAT Reduced rate				3.00%
Enterprise Income Tax [Member]
Taxes Payable (Textual)
New enterprise income tax rate	25.00%
Existing enterprise income tax rate	33.00%
Income tax rate reconciliation tax holidays	50.00%
High tech income tax rate	15.00%
Enterprise Income Tax [Member] \| Jinong [Member]
Taxes Payable (Textual)
Income tax expense (benefit)				$ 1,879,465	$ 1,805,667
Enterprise Income Tax [Member] \| Gufeng [Member]
Taxes Payable (Textual)
Income tax expense (benefit)				$ 792,503	$ 1,256,325
Effective income tax rate reconciliation, percentage				25.00%	25.00%