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Related Party Transactions (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details Textual)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 CNY (¥)
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Repayments of related party debt		$ 139,482,122
Proceeds from related party debt	$ 9,669,326	103,775,545
Receivable with imputed interest, effective yield (interest rate)	5.22%
Loans assumed		103,775,545
Repayments in bank acceptance notes to related parties	5,097,556
Collected cash repayment from related parties		118,436,661
Interests received from related parties	741,254	182,270
Cash repayments to related parties		139,482,122
Advanced to related parties		186,885,309
Wenzhou Lichuang [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Bank deposits	2,914,093
Wenzhou Lichuang [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Bank deposits	20,000,000
Ruili Group Co., Ltd. [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Repayments of related party debt	70,818,463
Proceeds from related party debt	146,944,697
Ruili Group Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Credit Line by Bank of Ningbo [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Guarantee amount	$ 30,597,972
Guarantee start date	Jul. 20, 2018
Guarantee end date	Jul. 20, 2028
Ruili Group Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Credit Line by Bank of Ningbo [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Guarantee amount \| ¥			¥ 210,000,000
Ruili Group Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Credit Line by China Merchants Bank [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Guarantee amount	$ 5,828,185
Ruili Group Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Credit Line by China Merchants Bank [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Guarantee amount \| ¥			¥ 40,000,000
Ruili Group [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Receivable with imputed interest, effective yield (interest rate)	8.40%
Repayments in bank acceptance notes to related parties		35,706,576
Collected cash repayment from related parties		115,467,364
Interests received from related parties	$ 2,361,866	88,197,285
Cash repayments to related parties		123,903,862
Advanced to related parties		117,296,565
Ruian Kormee [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Interests received from related parties		15,578,260
Cash repayments to related parties		15,578,260
Advanced to related parties		2,185,691
Amount transfer by Ruili Group		3,711,622
Shanghai Ruili [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Collected cash repayment from related parties	112,857,719	2,969,297
Advanced to related parties	49,561,855	65,918,404
Kunshan Yuetu [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Textual)
Collected cash repayment from related parties	16,719,662
Advanced to related parties	$ 15,226,835	$ 1,484,649