Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income (In thousands, except for number of shares and per share data) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010
Sales
To unrelated parties	$ 8,814	$ 11,627	$ 15,636	$ 21,660
To related parties	267	413	457	607
[SalesRevenueServicesNet]	9,081	12,040	16,093	22,267
Cost of sales
From unrelated parties	2,831	5,936	4,690	12,663
From related party	606		768
[CostOfRevenue]	3,437	5,936	5,458	12,663
Gross margin	5,644	6,104	10,635	9,604
Operating expenses
Selling expenses	908	911	1,620	1,337
General and administrative expenses	975	801	1,865	1,595
Research and development expenses	372	196	724	330
[OperatingExpenses]	2,255	1,908	4,209	3,262
Income from operations	3,389	4,196	6,426	6,342
Other income (expenses):
Changes in fair value of warrants				1,861
Interest income	3	2	4	4
Share of losses in equity investment affiliates	(59)		(105)
Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary			230
Other income (expenses)	(1)	3	5	3
[OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense]	(57)	5	134	1,868
Income before income tax expense and noncontrolling interest	3,332	4,201	6,560	8,210
Income tax expense	319	65	751	279
Net income	3,013	4,136	5,809	7,931
Net (income) / loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	(19)	77	(3)	77
Net income attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.	2,994	4,213	5,806	8,008
Dividend of Series A convertible preferred stock	(153)	(193)	(322)	(422)
Net income attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.	2,994	4,213	5,806	8,008
Dividend of Series A convertible preferred stock	(153)	(193)	(322)	(422)
Net income attributable to common stockholders of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.	2,841	4,020	5,484	7,586
Earnings per common share
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.16	$ 0.24	$ 0.32	$ 0.46
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.15	$ 0.20	$ 0.28	$ 0.38
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in Shares)	17,528,785	16,848,023	17,387,336	16,542,966
Diluted (in Shares)	20,005,962	20,742,817	20,410,724	20,900,374
Comprehensive Income
Foreign currency translation gain	548	74	744	77
[ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest]	3,561	4,210	6,553	8,008
Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income / (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest	39	(77)	26	(77)
Comprehensive income attributable to ChinaNet’s Online Holdings, Inc.	3,522	4,287	6,527	8,085
[ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest]	$ 3,561	$ 4,210	$ 6,553	$ 8,008