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Related Party Transactions and Balances - Additional Information (Details)				1 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 CNY (¥)	Jan. 01, 2019	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020 CNY (¥)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 CNY (¥)	Apr. 08, 2013	Sep. 30, 2010 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 CNY (¥)	Aug. 12, 2010 USD ($)	Aug. 12, 2010 CNY (¥)	Jun. 30, 2007 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2007 CNY (¥)	Aug. 12, 2004 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2023 CNY (¥) Loan	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2004 USD ($) Agreement	Dec. 31, 2019 CNY (¥)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from related party debt																$ 0		$ 0	$ 7,119,000
Interest expenses incurred to related party																$ 173,000		354,000	916,000
Dalian Jin Gang Group
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of loans due to related party \| Loan																1	1
Proceeds from related party debt				$ 4,225,000	¥ 30,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage																6.50%
Interest expenses incurred to related party																$ 168,000		354,000	916,000
Frequency of periodic payment of interest																monthly	monthly
Interest owed on loan from noncontrolling shareholder																$ 0		8,000
Interest paid to noncontrolling shareholder																176,000		$ 359,000	$ 929,000
Related party transaction, lease term			5 years
Related party transaction, operating lease annual rent																				$ 49,000			¥ 300,000
Related party transaction, current and non-current lease liability																5,394,000
Dalian Jin Gang Group \| Operating Lease Agreement After Amendment
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, operating lease annual rent						$ 22,000	¥ 200,000
Related party transaction, lease term						5 years 6 months	5 years 6 months
Dalian Jin Gang Group \| Management Service Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, annual management fee																				$ 14,000	¥ 100,000
Dalian Jin Gang Group \| Management Service Agreement Amended
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, annual management fee	$ 6,000	¥ 44,000
Sino Bioway Biotech Group Holding Limited
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction number of supplemental agreements with related party								4
Related party transaction operating leases number of lease agreements amended								4
Related party transaction, operating lease annual rent																5,736,000
Sino Bioway Biotech Group Holding Limited \| Operating Lease Agreements Production Plant And Laboratory
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of operating lease agreements \| Agreement																						2
Related party transaction, operating lease annual rent															¥ 1,400,000							$ 197,000
Related party transaction, lease term															20 years
Sino Bioway Biotech Group Holding Limited \| Operating Lease Agreement After Amendment Production Plant And Laboratory
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, operating lease annual rent											$ 197,000	¥ 1,400,000
Sino Bioway Biotech Group Holding Limited \| Operating Lease Agreement Before Amendment Production Plant And Laboratory
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, operating lease annual rent											$ 64,000	¥ 500,000
Sino Bioway Biotech Group Holding Limited \| Operating Lease Agreement Expansion Of Production Plant
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, operating lease annual rent													$ 288,000
Sino Bioway Biotech Group Holding Limited \| Operating Lease Agreement Expansion Of Research And Development Business
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, operating lease annual rent									$ 142,000	¥ 1,000,000				¥ 2,000,000
Related party transaction, lease term									5 years	5 years			20 years	20 years
Vivo Capitals Funds
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investment to related party																9,692,000
SKY
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loan guarantee to related party																$ 194,400,000	¥ 1,400,000,000
SKY \| Sinovac Hong Kong
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity interest percentage																45.00%
SKY \| Keding Investment (Hong Kong) Limited
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity interest percentage																55.00%