Consolidated Statements Of Operations And Comprehensive (loss)/income (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Sales
From unrelated parties	$ 14,920	$ 6,834
From related parties	15	190
	14,935	7,024
Cost of sales	12,538	2,030
Gross margin	2,397	4,994
Operating expenses
Selling expenses	689	713
General and administrative expenses	1,243	890
Research and development expenses	331	353
	2,263	1,956
Income from operations	134	3,038
Other income (expenses)
Interest income	5	1
Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiaries		229
Other (expenses)/income	(1)	6
	4	236
Income before income tax expense, equity method investments and noncontrolling interests	138	3,274
Income tax expense	236	431
(Loss)/income before equity method investments and noncontrolling interests	(98)	2,843
Share of losses in equity investment affiliates	(193)	(47)
Net (loss)/income	(291)	2,796
Foreign currency translation gain	263	196
Comprehensive (Loss)/Income	(28)	2,992
Less: Comprehensive (loss)/income attributable to non-controlling interests	112	(13)
Comprehensive (loss)/income attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.	(140)	3,005
(Loss)/earnings per common share
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ (0.02)	$ 0.15
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ (0.02)	$ 0.14
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in Shares)	22,182,584	17,244,315
Diluted (in Shares)	22,182,584	20,819,982
Net (income)/loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(75)	16
Net (loss)/income attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.	(366)	2,812
Dividend of Series A convertible preferred stock		(169)
Net (loss)/income attributable to common stockholders of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.	$ (366)	$ 2,643