The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalent items which are restricted as to withdrawal or usage. Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against short-term borrowing arrangements, contracts entered into with others, or entity statements of intention with regard to particular deposits; however, time deposits and short-term certificates of deposit are not generally included in legally restricted deposits. Excludes compensating balance arrangements that are not agreements which legally restrict the use of cash amounts shown on the balance sheet. For a classified balance sheet represents the current portion only (the noncurrent portion has a separate concept); there is a separate and distinct element for unclassified presentations.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

Restricted cash (Details) ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 CNY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2015 CNY (¥)
Restricted cash
Restricted cash	$ 209	¥ 1,346	¥ 2,297
Cash pledged for a bank in connection with its loan facilities for option exercise in favor of employees of the Company and its related companies
Restricted cash
Restricted cash		302	997
Cash pledged for treasury management activities
Restricted cash
Restricted cash		760	1,013
Others
Restricted cash
Restricted cash		¥ 284	¥ 287