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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Segment
shares
Dec. 31, 2012
USD ($)
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Highly liquid investment maturity period 90 days  
Restricted cash, certificate of deposit $ 66,000  
Letter of credit expiration period 2019-01  
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable $ 0 $ 0
Concentration of risk, percentage   100.00%
Accounts receivables   $ 130,258
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible asset $ 0 0
Asset impairment $ 0 $ 0
Income tax description For those tax positions where it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will be sustained, the Company records the largest amount of tax benefit with a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority having full knowledge of all relevant information. For those income tax positions where it is not more likely than not that a tax benefit will be sustained, the Company does not recognize a tax benefit in the financial statements.  
Number of operating segment | Segment 1  
Xenetic Uk [Member]    
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Issuance of new shares in exchange | shares 56  
Number of subsidiary shares exchanged for new shares | shares 175  
Minimum [Member]    
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Percentage of qualitative factor of asset impairment 50.00%  
Percentage of tax benefit realized upon settlement 50.00%