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Note 13 - Short-term Bank Loan and Credit Facility
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Short-term Debt [Text Block]
13.
Short-term bank loan and credit facility
 
As of
September 30, 2019,
the Company had a revolving credit facility of
RMB5.0
million (approximately
US$0.7
million) for short-term working capital loans granted by a major financial institution in China, which currently is available to the Company until
January 2020.
As of
September 30, 2019,
under the revolving credit facility, the Company borrowed
RMB3.0
million (approximately
US$0.42
million) short-term loan, which will mature in
January 2020.
 
During the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2019,
the Company had another
RMB3.0
million (approximately
US$0.42
million) short-term working capital loan borrowed from the same financial institution, of which
RMB1.5
million (approximately
US$0.21
million) matured and was repaid on
July 29, 2019
and the remaining
RMB1.5
million (approximately
US$0.21
million) matured and was repaid on
September 29, 2019.
 
Collateral for the above discussed revolving credit facility and short-term bank loans included an unlimited guarantee from Mr. Handong Cheng (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company) and his spouse and an approximately
US$0.03
million term deposit, which matured on
October 17, 2019.
 
Interest rate of the current outstanding short-term working capital loans was
5.655%
per annum, which is
30%
over the benchmark rate of the People’s Bank of China (the “PBOC”).