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Share-based awards (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Share-based awards |
Schedule of share-based compensation expense by function | ​
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​ | ​ | Six months ended
​ | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2019 |  | 2020
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB)
Cost of revenue |  | 3,780 |  | 7,331
Product development expenses |  | 6,526 |  | 13,667
Sales and marketing expenses |  | 1,852 |  | 3,237
General and administrative expenses |  | 3,102 |  | 8,174
Total |  | 15,260 |  | 32,409
RSUs |
Share-based awards |
Summary of changes in the RSUs | ​
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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Weighted-
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | average
​ | ​ | Number | ​ | grant date
​ |  | of RSUs |  | fair value
​ | ​ | ​ |  | US$
Awarded and unvested as of April 1, 2020 |  | 65,458,962 |  | 159.66
Granted |  | 23,171,321 |  | 213.14
Vested |  | (19,950,394) |  | 138.85
Canceled/forfeited |  | (2,423,236) |  | 177.27
Awarded and unvested as of September 30, 2020 |  | 66,256,653 |  | 183.99
Expected to vest as of September 30, 2020 (i) |  | 54,551,907 | ​ | 182.60
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| (i) | RSUs expected to vest are the result of applying the pre-vesting forfeiture rate assumptions to total outstanding RSUs.
Options |
Share-based awards |
Summary of changes in the share options | ​
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​ |  | ​ |  | ​ |  | Weighted
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Weighted | ​ | average
​ | ​ | Number | ​ | average | ​ | remaining
​ | ​ | of share | ​ | exercise | ​ | contractual
​ |  | options |  | price |  | life
​ | ​ | ​ |  | US$ |  | (in years)
Outstanding as of April 1, 2020 |  | 6,393,303 | ​ | 87.81 | ​ | 3.4
Exercised |  | (296,177) | ​ | 69.15 | ​ | ​
Outstanding as of September 30, 2020 |  | 6,097,126 | ​ | 88.72 | ​ | 3.1
Vested and exercisable as of September 30, 2020 |  | 4,578,891 | ​ | 72.49 | ​ | 2.4
Vested and expected to vest as of September 30, 2020 (i) |  | 5,924,098 | ​ | 85.98 | ​ | 2.9
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| (i) | Share options expected to vest are the result of applying the pre-vesting forfeiture rate assumptions to total outstanding share options.

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