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China Recycling Energy Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 8/14/20, at 5:04pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1213900-20-22318   ·   File #:  1-34625

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/14/20  China Recycling Energy Corp.      10-Q        6/30/20   83:5.4M                                   EdgarAgents LLC/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    416K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
12: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     55K 
13: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    139K 
14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     31K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML     92K 
                Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited)                                   
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    121K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders? Equity     HTML     84K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R7          Organization and Description of Business            HTML     58K 
19: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     72K 
20: R9          Investment in Sales-Type Leases, Net                HTML     29K 
21: R10         Other Receivables                                   HTML     25K 
22: R11         Property and Equipment and Construction in          HTML     31K 
                Progress                                                         
23: R12         Taxes Payable                                       HTML     28K 
24: R13         Accrued Liabilities and Other Payables              HTML     28K 
25: R14         Deferred Tax, Net                                   HTML     32K 
26: R15         Loans Payable                                       HTML     58K 
27: R16         Refundable Deposits from Customers for Systems      HTML     25K 
                Leasing                                                          
28: R17         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     29K 
29: R18         Note Payables, Net                                  HTML     35K 
30: R19         Shares Issued for Equity Financing and Stock        HTML     31K 
                Compensation                                                     
31: R20         Income Tax                                          HTML     47K 
32: R21         Stock-Based Compensation Plan                       HTML     31K 
33: R22         Statutory Reserves                                  HTML     37K 
34: R23         Contingencies                                       HTML     27K 
35: R24         Commitments                                         HTML     34K 
36: R25         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     27K 
37: R26         Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)           HTML    127K 
38: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     34K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R28         Investment in Sales-Type Leases, Net (Tables)       HTML     29K 
40: R29         Property and Equipment and Construction in          HTML     27K 
                Progress (Tables)                                                
41: R30         Taxes Payable (Tables)                              HTML     27K 
42: R31         Accrued Liabilities and Other Payables (Tables)     HTML     28K 
43: R32         Deferred Tax, Net (Tables)                          HTML     31K 
44: R33         Loans Payable (Tables)                              HTML     40K 
45: R34         Shares Issued for Equity Financing and Stock        HTML     29K 
                Compensation (Tables)                                            
46: R35         Income Tax (Tables)                                 HTML     41K 
47: R36         Stock-Based Compensation Plan (Tables)              HTML     30K 
48: R37         Statutory Reserves (Tables)                         HTML     34K 
49: R38         Commitments (Tables)                                HTML     32K 
50: R39         Organization and Description of Business (Details)  HTML    260K 
51: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     77K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     39K 
                (Details) - Schedule of bad debt allowance                       
53: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     38K 
                (Details) - Schedule of property and equipment                   
                estimated lives                                                  
54: R43         Investment in Sales-Type Leases, Net (Details)      HTML     27K 
55: R44         Investment in Sales-Type Leases, Net (Details) -    HTML     40K 
                Schedule of net investment in sales-type leases                  
56: R45         Other Receivables (Details)                         HTML     31K 
57: R46         Property and Equipment and Construction in          HTML     42K 
                Progress (Details)                                               
58: R47         Property and Equipment and Construction in          HTML     31K 
                Progress (Details) - Schedule of construction in                 
                progress                                                         
59: R48         Taxes Payable (Details)                             HTML     30K 
60: R49         Taxes Payable (Details) - Schedule of taxes         HTML     35K 
                payable                                                          
61: R50         Accrued Liabilities and Other Payables (Details) -  HTML     34K 
                Schedule of accrued liabilities and other payables               
62: R51         Deferred Tax, Net (Details) - Schedule of deferred  HTML     44K 
                tax liability                                                    
63: R52         Loans Payable (Details)                             HTML    144K 
64: R53         Loans Payable (Details) - Schedule of               HTML     42K 
                reconciliation of repayment of HYREF loan                        
                (Entrusted Loan)                                                 
65: R54         Refundable Deposits from Customers for Systems      HTML     25K 
                Leasing (Details)                                                
66: R55         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     32K 
67: R56         Note Payables, Net (Details)                        HTML     98K 
68: R57         Shares Issued for Equity Financing and Stock        HTML     30K 
                Compensation (Details)                                           
69: R58         Shares Issued for Equity Financing and Stock        HTML     71K 
                Compensation (Details) - Schedule of warrant                     
                activity                                                         
70: R59         Income Tax (Details)                                HTML     38K 
71: R60         Income Tax (Details) - Schedule of reconciles U.S.  HTML     44K 
                statutory rates to effective tax rate                            
72: R61         Income Tax (Details) - Schedule of provision for    HTML     34K 
                income tax expense                                               
73: R62         Stock-Based Compensation Plan (Details)             HTML     24K 
74: R63         Stock-Based Compensation Plan (Details) - Schedule  HTML     63K 
                of option activity with respect to employees and                 
                independent directors                                            
75: R64         Statutory Reserves (Details)                        HTML     44K 
76: R65         Statutory Reserves (Details) - Schedule of maximum  HTML     46K 
                statutory reserve amount                                         
77: R66         Commitments (Details)                               HTML     42K 
78: R67         Commitments (Details) - Schedule of lease cost      HTML     32K 
79: R68         Commitments (Details) - Schedule for maturities of  HTML     31K 
                office lease liabilities                                         
80: R69         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     29K 
82: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    154K 
81: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    125K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- creg-20200630                       XML   1.15M 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- creg-20200630_cal               XML    124K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- creg-20200630_def                XML    831K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- creg-20200630_lab                     XML   1.62M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- creg-20200630_pre              XML    815K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- creg-20200630                         XSD    282K 
83: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001213900-20-022318-xbrl      Zip    216K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — creg-20200630_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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