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Related party transactions- Transactions with other related parties (Details) $ / shares in Units, ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares | Aug. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Mar. 31, 2017 CNY (¥) | Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) subsidiary | Mar. 31, 2016 CNY (¥) subsidiary | Mar. 31, 2015 CNY (¥) | Mar. 31, 2012
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate consideration of the ordinary shares repurchased |  |  |  | ¥ 13,182 |  | ¥ 19,795 | ¥ 256 |
Ant Financial Services, Alipay and Koubei and their affiliates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount earned by the Company |  |  |  | 4,281 |  | 3,029 | 2,121 |
Expenses incurred |  |  |  | 6,439 |  | 5,197 | 4,159 |
Ant Financial Services and Alipay | Royalty fee and software technology services fee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount earned by the Company |  |  |  | 2,086 |  | 1,122 | 1,667 |
Alipay | Royalty fee and software technology services fee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount earned by the Company |  |  |  | 2,086 |  | 1,122 | 1,667 |
Additional fee, as a percentage of pre-tax income |  |  | 49.90% |  |  |  |  | 49.90%
Alipay | Payment processing fee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expenses incurred |  |  |  | 5,487 |  | 4,898 | 3,853 |
Ant Financial Services | Reimbursement of the costs incurred for software technology services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount earned by the Company |  |  |  | 245 |  | 274 | 486 |
Ant Financial Services | Amended Alipay IPLA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional fee, as a percentage of pre-tax income |  | 37.50% |  |  |  |  |  |
Ant Financial Services | Reimbursement on options and RSUs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount earned by the Company |  |  |  | 54 |  | 113 | 206 |
Ant Financial Services | Certain assets and liabilities managed by related party |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net assets and liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | 1,517 |  |
Ant Financial Services and its affiliates | SME Annual Fee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount earned by the Company |  |  |  | 847 |  | 708 | 90 |
Annual fee as a percentage of the average daily book balance (as a percent) |  | 2.50% |  |  |  |  |  |
Ant Financial Services, its subsidiaries and affiliates and Koubei | Commission on transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount earned by the Company |  |  |  | 409 |  | 246 |  |
Ant Financial Services, its subsidiaries and affiliates and Koubei | Cloud computing revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount earned by the Company |  |  |  | 264 |  | 104 |  |
Ant Financial Services, its subsidiaries and affiliates and Koubei | Other services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount earned by the Company |  |  |  | 621 |  | 736 | 158 |
Expenses incurred |  |  |  | 952 |  | ¥ 299 | 306 |
Cainiao Network | Disposal of subsidiaries |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of subsidiaries sold (in subsidiaries) | subsidiary |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 |  |
Cash consideration received |  |  |  |  | $ 33 | ¥ 204 |  |
Gain on disposals |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |
Cainiao Network | Commercial arrangements to receive certain logistics services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expenses incurred |  |  |  | 4,444 |  | 2,370 | 785 |
Cainiao Network | Cost sharing and other services arrangements for administrative services and cloud computing services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount earned by the Company |  |  |  | 152 |  | 86 | 20 |
Weibo | Other commercial arrangements to provide cloud computing services | Revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount earned by the Company |  |  |  | 105 |  | 38 | 2 |
Weibo | Strategic collaboration agreement, marketing cooperation agreement and and other commercial arrangements | Cost of revenue and sales and marketing expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expenses incurred |  |  |  | ¥ 340 |  | ¥ 715 | ¥ 654 |
Related parties who provide and receive certain services | Other related party transactions relating to services provided and received | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of total revenue that are from related parties |  |  |  | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
Percentage of total expenses that are from related parties |  |  |  | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
SoftBank | Share purchase agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related party transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ordinary shares repurchased (in shares) | shares | 27,027,027 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share price | $ / shares | $ 74.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate consideration of the ordinary shares repurchased | $ | $ 2,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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