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Commitments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Commitments |
Schedule of operating lease commitments for office facility and transportation equipment |
|  | As of March 31, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | (in millions of RMB) |
No later than 1 year |  |  | 394 |  |  | 862 |
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years |  |  | 441 |  |  | 1,593 |
More than 5 years |  |  | 65 |  |  | 834 |
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Total |  |  | 900 |  |  | 3,289 |
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Capital expenditures |
Commitments |
Schedule of commitments |
|  | As of March 31, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | (in millions of RMB) |
Contracted but not provided for: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase of property and equipment |  |  | 803 |  |  | 1,771 |
Construction of corporate campuses |  |  | 1,688 |  |  | 2,838 |
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|  |  | 2,491 |  |  | 4,609 |
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Co-location, bandwidth fees and marketing expenses |
Commitments |
Schedule of commitments |
|  | As of March 31, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | (in millions of RMB) |
No later than 1 year |  |  | 2,680 |  |  | 3,777 |
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years |  |  | 4,919 |  |  | 6,680 |
More than 5 years |  |  | 823 |  |  | 3,678 |
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Total |  |  | 8,422 |  |  | 14,135 |
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Licensed copyrights of video content |
Commitments |
Schedule of commitments |
|  | As of March 31, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | (in millions of RMB) |
No later than 1 year |  |  | 885 |  |  | 4,518 |
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years |  |  | 2,885 |  |  | 3,913 |
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Total |  |  | 3,770 |  |  | 8,431 |
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