EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS [abstract]

Schedule of employee benefits expense

	2018	2019	2020
	RMB’000	RMB’000	RMB’000
Wages and salaries	5,320,484	5,726,123	5,949,037
Provision for medical, housing scheme and other employee benefits (a)	1,296,392	1,353,800	1,326,476
Contributions to the defined contribution scheme (b)	829,539	999,020	408,922
	7,446,415	8,078,943	7,684,435