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DISTRIBUTION OF PROFIT | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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DISTRIBUTION OF PROFIT | 22 DISTRIBUTION OF PROFIT Pursuant to the laws and regulations of the PRC, the PRC entities are required to allocate at least 10% of their after tax profits, after making good of accumulated losses as reported in their PRC statutory financial statements, to the general reserve fund and have the right to discontinue allocations to the general reserve fund if the balance of such reserve has reached 50% of their registered capital. The general reserves are not available for distribution to the shareholders (except in liquidation) and may not be transferred in the form of loans, advances, or cash dividend. These PRC entities are restricted in their ability to transfer the registered capital and general reserve fund to GDS Holdings in the form of dividends, loans or advances. The restricted portion amounted to RMB7,367,536 and RMB13,109,939 as of December 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively, including non-distributable general reserve fund of RMB15,712 and RMB55,333 as of December 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively.

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