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Other income, net | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Other income, net |
Other income, net | 6. Other income, net
|  |  | Year ended March 31, |
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  |  | (in millions of RMB) |
| Royalty fee and software technology services fee charged to Ant Financial Services and Alipay (Note 22) |  |  | 1,667 |  |  | 1,122 |  |  | 2,086 |
| Government grants (i) |  |  | 327 |  |  | 401 |  |  | 451 |
| Amortization of the excess value in relation to the restructuring of Payment Services (Note 4(b)) |  |  | (166 | ) |  | (264 | ) |  | (264 | )
| Exchange differences |  |  | 1 |  |  | (563 | ) |  | 2,328 |
| Others |  |  | 657 |  |  | 1,362 |  |  | 1,485 |
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| Total |  |  | 2,486 |  |  | 2,058 |  |  | 6,086 |
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(i) | Government grants mainly represent amounts received from central and local governments in connection with the Company's investments in local business districts and contributions to technology development.

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