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		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Sales
To unrelated parties	$ 6,329	$ 8,631	$ 21,987	$ 30,304
To related parties	89	265	547	872
[SalesRevenueServicesNet]	6,418	8,896	22,534	31,176
Cost of sales
From unrelated parties	3,369	3,110	8,047	15,791
From related party	49		821
[CostOfRevenue]	3,418	3,110	8,868	15,791
Gross margin	3,000	5,786	13,666	15,385
Operating expenses
Selling expenses	575	851	2,198	2,187
General and administrative expenses	861	815	2,726	2,410
Research and development expenses	376	276	1,100	605
[OperatingExpenses]	1,812	1,942	6,024	5,202
Income from operations	1,188	3,844	7,642	10,183
Other income (expenses):
Changes in fair value of warrants				1,861
Interest income	5	4	9	8
Share of losses in equity investment affiliates	(75)		(180)
Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary			232
Other income (expenses)		4	5	7
[OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense]	(70)	8	66	1,876
Income before income tax expense and noncontrolling interest	1,118	3,852	7,708	12,059
Income tax expense	107	25	861	304
Net income	1,011	3,827	6,847	11,755
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	100	50	96	127
Net income attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.	1,111	3,877	6,943	11,882
Dividend on Series A convertible preferred stock	(85)	(190)	(407)	(612)
Net income attributable to common stockholders of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.	1,026	3,687	6,536	11,270
Earnings per common share
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.06	$ 0.22	$ 0.37	$ 0.68
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.06	$ 0.19	$ 0.34	$ 0.57
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in Shares)	18,632,103	16,939,961	17,806,818	16,676,752
Diluted (in Shares)	18,632,103	20,916,463	20,265,764	20,905,796
Comprehensive Income
Foreign currency translation gain	330	365	1,074	442
[ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest]	1,341	4,192	7,921	12,197
Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	(98)	(50)	(71)	(127)
Comprehensive income attributable to ChinaNet’s Online Holdings, Inc.	1,439	4,242	7,992	12,324
[ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest]	$ 1,341	$ 4,192	$ 7,921	$ 12,197