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Goodwill (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Goodwill |
Schedule of changes in the carrying amount of goodwill |
|  | Core commerce |  | Cloud computing |  | Digital media and entertainment |  | Innovation initiatives and others |  | Total |
|  | (in millions of RMB) |
Balance as of April 1, 2015 |  |  | 16,297 |  |  | 368 |  |  | 20,498 |  |  | 4,770 |  |  | 41,933 |
Additions |  |  | 49,926 |  |  | — |  |  | 797 |  |  | — |  |  | 50,723 |
Deconsolidation of a subsidiary (Note 4(j)) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (10,556 | ) |  | — |  |  | (10,556 | )
Impairment |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (361 | ) |  | (94 | ) |  | (455 | )
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Balance as of March 31, 2016 |  |  | 66,223 |  |  | 368 |  |  | 10,378 |  |  | 4,676 |  |  | 81,645 |
Additions |  |  | 13,298 |  |  | — |  |  | 30,110 |  |  | — |  |  | 43,408 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  |  | 334 |  |  | — |  |  | 33 |  |  | — |  |  | 367 |
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Balance as of March 31, 2017 |  |  | 79,855 |  |  | 368 |  |  | 40,521 |  |  | 4,676 |  |  | 125,420 |
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