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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions | Total Alibaba Group Holding Limited shareholders' equity (deficits) CNY (¥) | Ordinary Shares CNY (¥) shares | Additional paid-in capital CNY (¥) | Restructuring reserve CNY (¥) | Subscription receivables CNY (¥) | Statutory reserves CNY (¥) | Cumulative translation adjustments CNY (¥) | Unrealized gains (losses) on interest rate swaps and others CNY (¥) | Retained earnings (Accumulated deficits) CNY (¥) | Noncontrolling interest CNY (¥) | CNY (¥) shares | USD ($) shares
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Balance at Mar. 31, 2019 | ¥ 492,257 | ¥ 1 | ¥ 231,783 | ¥ (97) | ¥ (49) | ¥ 5,068 | ¥ (2,592) | ¥ 257 | ¥ 257,886 | ¥ 116,326 | ¥ 608,583 |
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019 | shares |  | 20,696,476,576 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | 2,403 |  |  |  | (2) |  | 2,397 | 8 |  | 400 | 2,803 |
Share of additional paid-in capital and other comprehensive income of equity method investees | (169) |  | (107) |  |  |  | (62) |  |  |  | (169) |
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps under hedge accounting and others | (225) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (225) |  |  | (225) |
Net income for the period | 94,039 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 94,039 | (4,010) | 90,029 |
Acquisition of subsidiaries | 2,252 |  | 2,252 |  |  |  |  |  |  | (572) | 1,680 |
Acquisition of subsidiaries (in shares) | shares |  | 14,329,896 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance of shares, including vesting of RSUs and early exercised options and exercise of share options | 421 |  | 421 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 421 |
Issuance of shares, including vesting of RSUs and early exercised options and exercise of share options (in shares) | shares |  | 154,876,656 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase and retirement of ordinary shares (in shares) | shares |  | (34,120) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transactions with noncontrolling interests | (1,334) |  | (1,334) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,605 | 2,271 |
Amortization of compensation cost | 13,305 |  | 13,305 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,954 | 15,259 |
Appropriation to statutory reserves |  |  |  |  |  | 513 |  |  | (513) |  |  |
Others | (150) |  | (247) | ¥ 97 |  |  |  |  |  | (271) | (421) |
Balance at Sep. 30, 2019 | 602,799 | ¥ 1 | 246,073 |  | (51) | 5,581 | (257) | 40 | 351,412 | 117,432 | 720,231 |
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2019 | shares |  | 20,865,649,008 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at Mar. 31, 2020 | 755,401 | ¥ 1 | 343,707 |  | (51) | 6,100 | (387) | (256) | 406,287 | 115,147 | ¥ 870,548 |
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2020 | shares |  | 21,491,994,944 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21,491,994,944 | 21,491,994,944
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (8,777) |  |  |  | 2 |  | (8,788) | 9 |  | (794) | ¥ (9,571) |
Share of additional paid-in capital and other comprehensive income of equity method investees | 865 |  | 571 |  |  |  | 293 | 1 |  | 1 | 866 |
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps under hedge accounting and others | 14 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14 |  |  | 14 | $ 2
Net income for the period | 76,409 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 76,409 | (3,441) | 72,968 |
Issuance of shares, including vesting of RSUs and early exercised options and exercise of share options | 144 |  | 144 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 144 |
Issuance of shares, including vesting of RSUs and early exercised options and exercise of share options (in shares) | shares |  | 163,972,568 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase and retirement of ordinary shares (in shares) | shares |  | (8,544) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transactions with noncontrolling interests | 2,960 |  | 2,960 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,491 | 5,451 |
Amortization of compensation cost | 30,436 |  | 30,436 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,577 | 33,013 |
Appropriation to statutory reserves |  |  |  |  |  | 776 |  |  | (776) |  |  |
Others | (49) |  | (49) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (194) | (243) |
Balance at Sep. 30, 2020 | ¥ 857,403 | ¥ 1 | ¥ 377,769 |  | ¥ (49) | ¥ 6,876 | ¥ (8,882) | ¥ (232) | ¥ 481,920 | ¥ 115,787 | ¥ 973,190 | $ 143,335
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2020 | shares |  | 21,655,958,968 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21,655,958,968 | 21,655,958,968

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