Commitments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Commitments

Schedule of operating lease commitments for office facility and transportation equipment

	As of March 31,
	2015		2016
	(in millions of RMB)
No later than 1 year		400		394
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years		623		441
More than 5 years		33		65
Total		1,056		900

Capital expenditures

Commitments

Schedule of commitments

	As of March 31,
	2015		2016
	(in millions of RMB)
Contracted but not provided for:
Purchase of property and equipment		908		803
Construction of corporate campuses		2,181		1,688
		3,089		2,491

Co-location, bandwidth fees and marketing expenses

Commitments

Schedule of commitments

	As of March 31,
	2015		2016
	(in millions of RMB)
No later than 1 year		2,089		2,680
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years		3,045		4,919
More than 5 years		—		823
Total		5,134		8,422

Licenses and copyrights

Commitments

Schedule of commitments

	As of March 31,
	2015		2016
	(in millions of RMB)
No later than 1 year		280		885
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years		2		2,885
Total		282		3,770