Percentage of ownership interest agreed to sell.

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The amount of subsidy received from provincial government during the reporting period.

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- Definition

Dividends received on equity and other investments during the current period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 16
-Subparagraph (b)
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The cash inflow associated with the sale of equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123570139&loc=d3e3179-108585

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company after stock transaction.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Event (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended
Subsequent Event (Details) - USD ($)	May 31, 2023	Apr. 30, 2023	Aug. 31, 2022	Jul. 31, 2022
Xiaoyi XingAn Gallium Co., Ltd.
Subsequent Event
Dividends received				$ 1,500,000
Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co., Ltd Investment
Subsequent Event
Dividends received			$ 125,000
Subsequent Event \| Chao Yang XinMei High Purity Semiconductor Materials Co. Ltd.
Subsequent Event
Amount of subsidy received from provincial government		$ 730,000
Subsequent Event \| Xiaoyi XingAn Gallium Co., Ltd.
Subsequent Event
Dividends received		1,800,000
Subsequent Event \| Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co., Ltd Investment
Subsequent Event
Dividends received		$ 1,800,000
Subsequent Event \| Emeishan Jia Mei High Purity Metals Co., Ltd Investment
Subsequent Event
Ownership interest divest (as percentage)	15.00%
Proceeds from equity investment	$ 875,000
Ownership interest after sale (as percentage)	10.00%