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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-342746
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140916

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001577552
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-CATALOG & MAIL-ORDER HOUSES [5961]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ALIBABA GROUP SERVICES LIMITED, 26/F
		STREET 2:		TOWER ONE, TIMES SQUARE, 1 MATHESON ST.
		CITY:			CAUSEWAY BAY
		STATE:			K3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		852-2215-5100

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		STREET 1:		C/O ALIBABA GROUP SERVICES LIMITED, 26/F
		STREET 2:		TOWER ONE, TIMES SQUARE, 1 MATHESON ST.
		CITY:			CAUSEWAY BAY
		STATE:			K3
		ZIP:			00000
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Alibaba Group Holding Limited </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">c/o Alibaba Group Services Limited </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">26/F Tower One, Times Square </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">1
Matheson Street </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Causeway Bay </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Hong Kong </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">September&nbsp;16, 2014
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>VIA EDGAR </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange
Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Ms. Mara L. Ransom, Assistant Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Mr. Dietrich King, Legal Branch Chief</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alibaba Group Holding Limited</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-195736)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-36614)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 461 of Regulation C (&#147;Rule 461&#148;) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Alibaba Group Holding
Limited (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the &#147;F-1 Registration Statement&#148;) be accelerated to, and that the Registration Statement become effective
at, 4:00 P.M., Eastern Daylight Time on September&nbsp;18, 2014, or as soon thereafter as practicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company also requests that the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as amended, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, covering the American depositary shares representing ordinary shares of the Company (the &#147;Registration Statement on Form 8-A,&#148; together
with the F-1 Registration Statement, the &#147;Registration Statements&#148;), be declared effective immediately following the F-1 Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If there is any change in the acceleration request set forth above, the Company will promptly notify you of the change, in which case the
Company may be making an oral request of acceleration of the effectiveness of the Registration Statements in accordance with Rule 461. Such request may be made by an executive officer of the Company or by any attorney from the Company&#146;s U.S.
counsel, Simpson Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett LLP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company understands that Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. International plc and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., on behalf of the prospective underwriters of the offering, have joined in this request in a
separate letter delivered to you today. </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) or the staff of the Commission (the &#147;Staff&#148;), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Company may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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