EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS [abstract]

Schedule of employee benefits expense

	2017	2018	2019
	RMB’000	RMB’000	RMB’000
Wages and salaries	4,848,830	5,320,484	5,726,123
Provision for medical, housing scheme and other employee benefits (a)	1,220,708	1,296,392	1,353,800
Contributions to the defined contribution scheme (b)	772,682	829,539	999,020
	6,842,220	7,446,415	8,078,943