Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

22. Commitments and Contingencies

Operating lease commitments

The Company leases office and manufacturing facilities under non-cancelable operating leases expiring on different dates in the United States and China. Payments under operating leases are expensed on a straight-line basis over the periods of their respective leases. There are no restrictions placed upon the Company by entering into these leases. Total expenses under these operating leases were $2,217 and $3,870 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. Total expenses under these operating leases were $725 and $1,421 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively.

Future minimum payments under non-cancelable operating leases consist of the following as of June 30, 2018:


		$
Six months ending December 31, 2018		6,103
Year ending December 31, 2019		11,064
Year ending December 31, 2020		9,907
Year ending December 31, 2021		5,784
Year ending December 31, 2022		3,961
Year ending December 31, 2023 and thereafter		1,456
Total		38,275

Capital commitments

The Company had capital commitments amounting to $55,957 for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment as of June 30, 2018, which were mainly for BeiGene Guangzhou Factory’s manufacturing facility in Guangzhou, China.