TERM LOANS (Details 2) (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term Debt, Total $ 74,751,804 $ 24,783,629
Less: Current portion (20,252,077) (8,094,308) [1]
Long-term debt 54,499,727 16,689,321 [1]
Weighted average interest rate 6.80% 7.90%
China Minsheng Banking Corporation Limited, Fuzhou Branch [Member]
   
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term Debt, Total 14,829,774 20,028,216
Fujian Haixia Bank, Fuzhou Hualin Branch [Member]
   
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term Debt, Total 3,303,764 4,755,413
The Export-Import Bank of China, Fujian Branch [Member]
   
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term Debt, Total 46,706,972 0
China Development Bank, Fujian Branch [Member]
   
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term Debt, Total $ 9,911,294 $ 0
[1] Represents the consolidation retrospectively restated as if Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. (formerly known as China Growth Equity Investment Limited) completed its merger with China Dredging Group Co., Ltd. and the share purchase of Merchant Supreme Co., Ltd. on January 1, 2011 rather than on February 25, 2013. Assets and liabilities of discontinued operations are retrospectively reclassified as of December 31, 2012 after taking into account of the Company’s plan to sell China Dredging Group Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries to an affiliate of the Company’s Chairman, CEO and major shareholder, Mr. Xinrong Zhuo.