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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-17-049704
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170807

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JD.com, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001549802
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-RETAIL STORES, NEC [5990]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20TH FLOOR, BUILDING A, NO. 18 KECHUANG
		STREET 2:		YIZHUANG BDA
		CITY:			DAXING DISTRICT, BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			101111
		BUSINESS PHONE:		86-10-5895-5500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20TH FLOOR, BUILDING A, NO. 18 KECHUANG
		STREET 2:		YIZHUANG BDA
		CITY:			DAXING DISTRICT, BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			101111

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	360buy Jingdong Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20120511
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">JD.com,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b><b><font size="3" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>  </font></b><font size="3" style="font-size:12.0pt;">20th Floor, Building A, No.&nbsp;18 Kechuang 11 Street</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;7, 2017</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">William H. Thompson, Accounting Branch Chief</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tony Watson, Accountant</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Donna Di Silvio, Accountant</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Division of Corporation Finance</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F Street, N.E.<br> Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.35pt;text-indent:-27.35pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">RE:</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>JD.com Inc.<br> Form&nbsp;20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 (the &#147;2016 20-F&#148;)<br>  <u>Filed May&nbsp;1, 2017 (File No.&nbsp;1-36450)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This letter sets forth the Company&#146;s response to the comment contained in the letter dated July&nbsp;24, 2017 from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Staff&#148;) regarding the 2016 20-F.&#160; The &#147;Company&#148; is used in this letter to refer to JD.com,&nbsp;Inc., its subsidiaries and its consolidated affiliated entities.&#160; For your convenience, the Staff&#146;s comment is repeated below and followed by the response thereto.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">v. Other investments, page&nbsp;F-23</font></u></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>We read your response to comment 2. We are still not clear on the nature of investments included in the other investment line item. Please advise. Additionally, please tell us in detail if the investments in various financial products with various interest rates or the principal nonguaranteed financial products qualify as derivatives. Refer to ASC 815-10-15-83. We also note your disclosure on page&nbsp;37, that you use alternative pricing sources in your estimation of fair value of other investments. Please clarify, what you mean by alternative pricing sources.</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company respectfully advises the Staff that other investments represent various financial products with variable interest rates or principal non-guaranteed purchased by JD Finance from financial institutions, which are referred to as the issuers, such as commercial banks, insurance companies and trust companies. The underlying assets of the financial products mainly include debt securities, equity securities and loan receivables, and the interest generated from the financial products depends on the performance of the underlying assets. The issuers of these products generally attempt to maintain a relatively fixed &#147;expected&#148; interest rate throughout the terms of such structured products. The financial products are used by JD Finance as underlying assets in designing new financial products that it will in turn offer to third-party investors. These redesigned financial products to be resold to third-party investors have relatively lower yield rates such that JD Finance will earn yield differentials.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With respect to the financial products purchased by JD Finance, JD Finance will invest a fixed amount at the inception of the contract as the principal. Therefore, the investments do not have initial net investment and thus do not meet the definition of derivative instruments in their entirety according to ASC 815-10-15-83 b. The financial products purchased by JD Finance generate interest returns on a monthly or quarterly basis, with principal to be collected when investments mature. As a result, the investments do not have net settlement feature and thus do not meet the definition of derivative instruments in their entirety according to ASC 815-10-15-83 c.&#160; The Company elected the fair value option pursuant to ASC 825 to initially and subsequently measure other investments in the entirety at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in earnings. The fair value is based on cash flows discounted using the expected return upon maturity. The alternative pricing sources refer to the issuers of the financial products. The key inputs used in alternative pricing sources mainly are the expected interest rate for the financial products. For financial products that have expected interest rates regularly announced by the issuers, fair values are calculated based on the latest announced expected interest rates. For financial products that do not have regularly announced interest rates, expected returns are estimated based on the returns of similar products provided by the same issuer, as the issuers usually offer a series of financial products with similar structures.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other investments are being deconsolidated from the Company&#146;s balance sheet as part of the JD Finance reorganization as described in the 2016 20-F on page&nbsp;125 and page&nbsp;F-72. Because all of the financial products recorded as other investments were purchased by JD Finance, no additional disclosure will be made relating to the other investments as a result of the deconsolidation in the Company&#146;s future filings on Form&nbsp;20-F</font>.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If you have any additional questions or comments regarding the 2016 20-F, please contact the undersigned at (+86 10) 8912-6804 or the Company&#146;s U.S. counsel, Z. Julie Gao of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom LLP, at (+852) 3740-4863.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">cc:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Richard Qiangdong Liu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JD.com,&nbsp;Inc.</p>
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