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Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Detail) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 CNY | Dec. 31, 2011 CNY
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Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Line Items] |  |  |
Accrued payroll and welfare | $ 65,437 | 407,681 | 261,273
Accrued operating expenses | 145,807 | 908,392 | 547,176
Tax payable | 68,268 | 425,320 | 452,441
Interest payable | 5,180 | 32,273 | 6,655
Distributors' and customers' deposits | 12,541 | 78,131 | 61,589
Purchase of fixed assets | 68,943 | 429,520 | 276,731
Traffic acquisition costs | 58,906 | 366,993 | 208,980
Bandwidth costs | 28,900 | 180,053 | 77,061
Content acquisition costs | 37,918 | 236,232 | 36,643
Professional expenses | 10,377 | 64,647 | 39,803
Deposits on online payment platform | 21,239 | 132,320 | 37,067
Payable for business acquisitions | 51,051 | 318,050 | 439,488
Others | 36,472 | 227,224 | 100,538
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ 611,039 | 3,806,836 | 2,545,445

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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable to telecommunication operators for their telecommunication services and for hosting our servers at their Internet data centers. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Payable for business acquisitions mainly represents the amount to be paid to the shareholders of Qunar at the end of the escrow period of eighteen months and considerations to be paid for other acquisitions based on their respective payment schedules. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations payable to the entity's union members for acquisition of traffic. The entity's union is the program through which the entity expands distribution of its customers sponsored links or advertisements by leveraging traffic of the entity's union members internet properties or distributing the entitys customers paid links through union members properties. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). + References No definition available. + Details
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