Commitments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Commitments

Schedule of operating lease commitments for office facility and transportation equipment

	As of March 31,
	2016		2017
	(in millions of RMB)
No later than 1 year		394		862
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years		441		1,593
More than 5 years		65		834
Total		900		3,289

Capital expenditures

Commitments

Schedule of commitments

	As of March 31,
	2016		2017
	(in millions of RMB)
Contracted but not provided for:
Purchase of property and equipment		803		1,771
Construction of corporate campuses		1,688		2,838
		2,491		4,609

Co-location, bandwidth fees and marketing expenses

Commitments

Schedule of commitments

	As of March 31,
	2016		2017
	(in millions of RMB)
No later than 1 year		2,680		3,777
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years		4,919		6,680
More than 5 years		823		3,678
Total		8,422		14,135

Licensed copyrights of video content

Commitments

Schedule of commitments

	As of March 31,
	2016		2017
	(in millions of RMB)
No later than 1 year		885		4,518
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years		2,885		3,913
Total		3,770		8,431