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For entities incorporated in PRC, the minimum percentage of the after-tax net income allocated to a statutory surplus until the reserve balance is a specified percentage of the registered capital.

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration from customer for product sold and service rendered in normal course of business, classified as current.

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Amount of liability for consideration received or receivable from customer which is not included in transaction price, when consideration is expected to be refunded to customer, classified as current.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Summary of significant accounting policies (Details 3) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) item lease segment	Dec. 31, 2020 CNY (¥) item lease segment	Dec. 31, 2019 CNY (¥) lease	Dec. 31, 2018 CNY (¥) lease	Dec. 31, 2020 CNY (¥)
Revenue
Liabilities for return allowances			¥ 425,135,000		¥ 496,005,000
Net revenues	$ 114,299,140	¥ 745,801,886,000	576,888,484,000	¥ 462,019,759,000
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 1,089,954		6,190,588,000		7,111,947,000
Unearned revenue			21,347,848,000		26,033,158,000
Unearned revenue recognized		¥ 16,442,795,000
Revenue, Practical Expedient	true	true
Customer incentives and loyalty programs
Types of discounted coupons \| item	2	2
Fulfillment
Fulfillment	$ 7,463,634	¥ 48,700,211,000	36,968,041,000	32,009,658,000
Marketing
Advertising costs		¥ 23,087,563,000	¥ 19,285,939,000	¥ 15,970,433,000
Leases
Number of capital leases \| lease	0	0	0	0
Segment reporting
Number of major business segments \| segment	2	2
Statutory reserves
Appropriations of statutory reserves		¥ 74,111,000	¥ 58,753,000	¥ 764,446,000
Appropriations to other reserve funds		¥ 0	0	0
PRC \| General reserve fund \| Foreign invested enterprise
Statutory reserves
Minimum portion of after tax profit to be allocated to general reserve under PRC law (as a percentage)	10.00%	10.00%
Maximum percentage of statutory general reserve related to entity's registered capital	50.00%	50.00%
PRC \| Statutory surplus reserve \| Domestic enterprise
Statutory reserves
Minimum portion of after tax profit to be allocated to statutory surplus under PRC law (as a percentage)	10.00%	10.00%
Maximum percentage of statutory surplus reserve related to entity's registered capital	50.00%	50.00%
Electronics and home appliance products
Revenue
Net revenues		¥ 400,927,285,000	328,703,453,000	280,059,089,000
General merchandise products
Revenue
Net revenues		250,951,955,000	182,030,514,000	136,049,657,000
Shipping
Fulfillment
Fulfillment		23,088,408,000	17,858,972,000	15,216,351,000
Online marketplace and marketing services
Revenue
Net revenues		53,472,718,000	42,680,212,000	33,531,862,000
Logistics and other services
Revenue
Net revenues		¥ 40,449,928,000	23,474,305,000	¥ 12,379,151,000
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Revenue
Liabilities for return allowances			425,135,000		496,005,000
Prepayments and other current assets
Revenue
Rights to recover products from customers			¥ 454,298,000		¥ 533,264,000