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Share-based awards (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Share-based awards |
Schedule of share-based compensation expense by function | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Year ended March 31,
​ |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB)
Cost of revenue |  | 7,322 |  | 11,224 |  | 5,725
Product development expenses |  | 13,654 |  | 21,474 |  | 11,035
Sales and marketing expenses |  | 3,830 |  | 5,323 |  | 3,050
General and administrative expenses |  | 6,936 |  | 12,099 |  | 4,161
​ |  | 31,742 |  | 50,120 |  | 23,971
RSUs |
Share-based awards |
Summary of changes in the RSUs | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Weighted-
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | average
​ | ​ | Number | ​ | grant date
​ |  | of RSUs |  | fair value
​ | ​ | ​ |  | US$
Awarded and unvested as of April 1, 2021 |  | 63,363,237 | ​ | 192.19
Granted |  | 28,230,674 | ​ | 200.52
Vested |  | (23,702,603) | ​ | 175.56
Canceled/forfeited |  | (7,215,021) | ​ | 203.85
Awarded and unvested as of March 31, 2022 (i) |  | 60,676,287 | ​ | 201.17
Expected to vest as of March 31, 2022 (ii) |  | 50,145,101 | ​ | 200.96
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| (i) | No outstanding RSUs will be vested after the expiry of a period of up to ten years from the date of grant.
| (ii) | 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 | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | ​ |  | ​ |  | Weighted
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Weighted | ​ | average
​ | ​ | Number | ​ | average | ​ | remaining
​ | ​ | of share | ​ | exercise | ​ | contractual
​ |  | options |  | price |  | life
​ | ​ | ​ |  | US$ |  | (in years)
Outstanding as of April 1, 2021 |  | 5,976,850 | ​ | 88.94 | ​ | 2.6
Granted |  | 1,710,000 | ​ | 25.04 | ​ | 7.2
Exercised |  | (313,516) | ​ | 59.12 | ​ | —
Outstanding as of March 31, 2022 |  | 7,373,334 | ​ | 75.39 | ​ | 3.5
Vested and exercisable as of March 31, 2022 (i) |  | 5,132,667 | ​ | 76.95 | ​ | 2.1
Vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2022 (ii) |  | 7,135,333 | ​ | 74.42 | ​ | 3.4
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| (i) | No outstanding share options will be vested or exercisable after the expiry of a period of up to ten years from the date of grant.
| (ii) | Share options expected to vest are the result of applying the pre-vesting forfeiture rate assumptions to total outstanding share options.
Schedule of fair value assumptions |
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​ | ​ | Year ended March 31,
​ |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022
Risk-free interest rate (i) | ​ | 1.68% | ​ | — | ​ | 1.93% - 2.00%
Expected dividend yield (ii) | ​ | 0% | ​ | — | ​ | 0%
Expected life (years) (iii) | ​ | 4.50 | ​ | — | ​ | 3.71 - 7.14
Expected volatility (iv) |  | 34.7% | ​ | — | ​ | 35.7%
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| (i) | Risk-free interest rate is based on the yields of United States Treasury securities with maturities similar to the expected life of the share options in effect on the measurement date.
| (ii) | Expected dividend yield is assumed to be nil as the Company has no history or expectation of paying a dividend on its ordinary shares.
| (iii) | Expected life of share options is based on management’s estimate on timing of exercise of share options.
| (iv) | Expected volatility is assumed based on the historical volatility of the Company in the period equal to the expected life of each grant.

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