Prepayments to equipment and construction suppliers

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Prepayments to equipment suppliers [Abstract]

Note 6 - Prepayments to equipment and construction suppliers

	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
	US$		US$

Hailezi (i)		511,758,267		502,087,116
Green River (ii)		-		15,778,057
Beijin Construction (iii)		7,006,972		6,867,269
Sichuan Construction (iv)		5,312,422		5,539,471
Others		220,253		364,406
Total Prepayments to equipment and construction suppliers		524,297,914		530,636,319

(i) On September 26, 2016 and February 28, 2017, HLJ Xinda Group entered into equipment purchase contracts with Hailezi for a total consideration of RMB782.2 million (equivalent to US$116.2 million) to purchase storage facility and other equipment, which will be used for upgrading the storage system of warehouse located in Harbin, China. Pursuant to the contract with Hailezi, HLJ Xinda Group prepaid RMB621.6 million (equivalent to US$92.3 million) during the first quarter of 2017. Due to a redesign of outdoor storage facility in June 2017, HLJ Xinda Group entered into a supplementary agreement with Hailezi, which decreased the original contract amount to RMB283.7 million (equivalent to US$42.1 million). Hailezi refunded RMB369.1 million (equivalent to US$54.8 million) to HLJ Xinda Group on June 22, 2017. As of March 31, 2019, HLJ Xinda Group has prepaid RMB252.5 million (equivalent to US$37.5 million).

On July 21, 2017, HLJ Xinda Group entered into three investment agreements with the Management Committee of Harbin Economic- Technological Development Zone with respect to the industrial project for 300,000 metric tons of biological composite materials, the industrial project for upgrading existing equipment for 100,000 metric tons of engineering plastics and the industrial project for a 3D printing intelligent manufacture demonstration factory and a 3D printing display and experience cloud factory (the "HLJ Project"). In order to fulfill the agreements, HLJ Xinda Group entered into an equipment purchase contract with Hailezi to purchase production equipment in November 2017, which will be used for 100,000 metric tons of engineering plastics located in Harbin, for a consideration of RMB939.7 million (equivalent to US$139.6million). Pursuant to the contract with Hailezi, HLJ Xinda Group has prepaid RMB920.9 million (equivalent to US$136.8 million) as of March 31, 2019.

In connection with the HLJ project, on June 25, 2018, HLJ Xinda Group entered into another equipment purchase contract with Hailezi to purchase production equipment, which will be used for 300,000 metric tons of biological based composite material, located in Harbin, for a consideration of RMB749.8 million (equivalent to US$111.4 million). Pursuant to the contract with Hailezi, HLJ Xinda Group has prepaid RMB300.7 million (equivalent to US$44.6 million) as of March 31, 2019.

In connection with the HLJ Project, on July 12, 2018, HLJ Xinda Group entered into an equipment purchase contract with Hailezi to purchase production equipment, which will be used for 300,000 metric tons of biological based composite material, located in Harbin, for a consideration of RMB1,157.0 million (equivalent to US$171.8 million). Pursuant to the contract with Hailezi, HLJ Xinda Group has prepaid RMB240.8 million (equivalent to US$35.8 million) as of March 31, 2019.

On March 17, 2017, Sichuan Xinda entered into a definitive agreement with the People's Government of Shunqing District, Nanchong City of Sichuan Province for the production of 300,000 metric tons of bio-composite materials and additive manufacturing and 20,000 metric tons of functional masterbatch, a high-end color additive process in plastics manufacturing (the "Nanchong Project"). The Nanchong Project will be located in a land area of 250 mu (equivalent to 41.2 acres), with 215 mu designated for bio-composite materials and additive manufacturing production and 35 mu to be designated for functional masterbatch production. The projected total capital expenditures for the project is approximately RMB2.5 billion (equivalent to US$371.3 million).

In connection with the Nanchong Project, Sichuan Xinda entered into equipment purchase contracts with Hailezi to purchase production equipment and testing equipment. Pursuant to the contracts with Hailezi, Sichuan Xinda prepaid RMB1,728.9 million (equivalent to US$256.8 million) in the first quarter of year 2017. In 2017, in order to ensure the traceability of the product and management of supply chain, Sichuan Xinda expected to launch an integrated ERP system, which resulted in the equipment to be purchased under the original contracts with Hailezi not meeting the production requirements. Hailezi agreed to refund the prepayment in the amount of RMB1,704.9 million (equivalent to US$253.2 million) by the end of March 2018, the remaining uncancelled amount is RMB24.0 (equivalent to US$3.6 million). As of December 31, 2017, Sichuan Xinda signed a supplementary agreement with Hailezi, pursuant to the agreement, Sichuan Xinda agreed to pay RMB12.4 million (equivalent to US$1.8 million) to Hailezi for the compensation of Hailezi due to the termination of the purchase contracts. As of March 31, 2019, Hailezi has refunded the above-mentioned prepayment. The Company received the testing equipment in the amount of RMB3.2 million (equivalent to US$0.5 million) in November 2018, the remaining balance of the uncancelled prepayment as of March 31, 2019 is RMB20.8 million (equivalent to US$3.1 million).

In connection with the Nanchong Project, on June 21, 2018, Sichuan Xinda entered into another equipment purchase contract with Hailezi to purchase production equipment and testing equipment for a consideration of RMB1,900 million (equivalent to US$282.3 million). Pursuant to the contracts with Hailezi, Sichuan Xinda has prepaid RMB1,710 million (equivalent to US$254.0 million) as of March 31, 2019.

The table below summarized the balance of prepayments to Hailezi for each of the projects as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, and the movements of the prepayments:

(in millions US$)
Year	Projects	Balance as of December 31, 2018		Prepaid / (Utilized) in 2019		Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes		Balance as of March 31, 2019
2017	Storage system		36.8		-		0.7		37.5
2017	HLJ project		134.2		-		2.6		136.8
2018	HLJ project		43.8		-		0.8		44.6
2018	HLJ project		35.1		-		0.7		35.8
2017	Nanchong project		3.0		-		0.1		3.1
2018	Nanchong project		249.2		-		4.8		254.0
Total			502.1		-		9.7		511.8

(ii) In December 2017, HLJ Xinda Group entered into a building purchase contract with Shanghai Caohejing Kangqiao Science & Green River Construction & Development Co., Ltd. for a total consideration of RMB216.6 million (equivalent to US$32.2 million), with a total area of 13,972.64 square meters with a prepaid RMB108.3 million (equivalent to US$16.1 million).

In March 2019, HLJ Xinda Group entered into an agreement with Shanghai Sales, to transfer the proprietorship of the prepaid RMB108.3 million (equivalent to US$16.1 million) to Shanghai Sales. Pursuant to the agreement, Shanghai Sales will pay the RMB108.3 million (equivalent to US$16.1 million) to HLJ Xinda Group by the end of June 2019. In consequence, the prepayment has been reclassified as prepaid expenses and other current assets.

(iii) Since November 15, 2016, Sichuan Xinda entered into decoration contracts with Sichuan Beijin Construction Engineering Company Limited ("Beijin Construction") to perform indoor and outdoor decoration work for a consideration of RMB237.6 million (equivalent to US$35.4 million). On February 20, 2017, Sichuan Xinda entered into another decoration contract with Beijin Construction to perform outdoor decoration work for a consideration of RMB2.9 million (equivalent to US$0.4 million). On September 10, 2017, Sichuan Xinda entered into another decoration contract with Beijin Construction to perform ground decoration work for a consideration of RMB23.8 million (equivalent to US$3.5 million). Pursuant to the contracts with Beijin Construction, Sichuan Xinda has prepaid RMB120.9 million (equivalent to US$18.0 million) as of March 31, 2019, of which RMB74.0 million (equivalent to US$11.0 million) was transferred to construction in progress. The prepayment was recognized in investing activities in the statements of cash flows.

(iv) As of March 31, 2019, Sichuan Construction primarily consisted of prepayments made to Peaceful Treasure Limited ("Peaceful"). On October 20, 2016, Sichuan Xinda entered into an equipment purchase contract with Peaceful for a total consideration of RMB89.8 million (equivalent to US$13.3 million) to purchase certain production and testing equipment. The Company prepaid RMB33.9 million (equivalent to US$5.0 million) as of March 31, 2019.