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Commitments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Commitments |
Schedule of capital commitments |
|  |  | As of March 31, |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |
|  |  | (in millions of RMB) |
| Contracted but not provided for: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Purchase of property and equipment |  |  | 980 |  |  | 1,190 |
| Construction of corporate campuses |  |  | 1,562 |  |  | 2,181 |
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|  |  |  | 2,542 |  |  | 3,371 |
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Schedule of operating lease commitments for office facility and transportation equipment |
|  |  | As of March 31, |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |
|  |  | (in millions of RMB) |
| No later than 1 year |  |  | 198 |  |  | 400 |
| Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years |  |  | 214 |  |  | 623 |
| More than 5 years |  |  | 8 |  |  | 33 |
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| Total |  |  | 420 |  |  | 1,056 |
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Schedule of commitments for co-location, bandwidth fees and marketing expenses |
|  |  | As of March 31, |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |
|  |  | (in millions of RMB) |
| No later than 1 year |  |  | 884 |  |  | 2,089 |
| Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years |  |  | 2,523 |  |  | 3,045 |
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| Total |  |  | 3,407 |  |  | 5,134 |
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