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Defined contribution plan
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Defined contribution plan [Abstract]  
Defined contribution plan
  20. Defined contribution plan

 

Full-time employees of the Company in the P.R.C. participate in a government mandated defined contribution plan, pursuant to which certain pension benefits, medical care, employee housing fund and other welfare benefits are provided to employees. Chinese labor regulations require that the P.R.C. operating subsidiaries of the Company make contributions to the government for these benefits based on certain percentages of the employees' salaries. Except for pension benefits, medical care, employee housing fund and other welfare benefits mentioned above, the Company has no legal obligation for the benefits beyond the contributions made.

 

The total amounts for such employee benefits, which were expensed as incurred, were $784,845 and $562,074 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $277,448 and $159,758 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.