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Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Detail) ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 CNY (¥) | Dec. 31, 2016 CNY (¥)
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Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |  |  |
Accrued payroll and welfare | $ 273 | ¥ 1,779 | ¥ 1,445
Tax payable | 349 | 2,271 | 793
Interest payable | 41 | 267 | 102
Users' and distributors' deposits | 87 | 563 | 660
Purchase of fixed assets and spare parts | 244 | 1,592 | 1,208
Traffic acquisition costs | 381 | 2,482 | 1,968
Bandwidth costs | 280 | 1,824 | 1,353
Content acquisition costs | 902 | 5,866 | 3,360
Funds collected on behalf of service providers | 81 | 529 | 1,606
Payable to merchants | 51 | 330 | 469
Accrued other operating expenses | 1,186 | 7,720 | 6,482
Others | 354 | 2,300 | 2,184
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ 4,229 | ¥ 27,523 | ¥ 21,630

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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 Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable to video content provider/licensor and other content provider/licensor. 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 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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