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Represents the minimum percentage of net income from subsidiaries required to be appropriated towards the statutory reserve fund for entities incorporated in the People's Republic of China until the reserve balance reaches 50 percent of registered capital.

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Represents the level of the statutory reserve fund balance as a percentage of registered capital for entities incorporated in the People's Republic of China which must be attained before mandatory transfers to the reserve are no longer required.

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Amount of increase (decrease) from effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, and cash and cash equivalents restricted to withdrawal or usage; held in foreign currencies. Excludes amounts for disposal group and discontinued operations. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits. Cash equivalents include, but are not limited to, short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from investing activities, including discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets.

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Number of previously issued common shares repurchased by the issuing entity and held in treasury.

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Summary of significant accounting policies- Others (Details) ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2019 CNY (¥) shares	Mar. 31, 2018 CNY (¥) shares	Mar. 31, 2017 CNY (¥)
Statutory reserves
Percentage of after-tax profit from subsidiaries incorporated in the PRC required to be appropriated to the statutory reserves	10.00%	10.00%
Limit of statutory reserve fund as a percentage of registered capital, after which allocations to statutory reserve fund are no longer required	50.00%	50.00%
Reclassification of comparative figures
Impact of the retrospective reclassification on cash flows from operating activities	$ 22,496	¥ 150,975	¥ 125,805	¥ 82,854
Impact of the retrospective reclassification on cash flows from investing activities	(22,509)	(151,060)	(83,764)	(79,579)
Impact of the retrospective reclassification on effect of exchange rate changes	$ 484	3,245	(6,065)	2,038
ASU 2016-18 \| Adjustment
Reclassification of comparative figures
Impact of the retrospective reclassification on cash flows from operating activities			634	2,528
Impact of the retrospective reclassification on cash flows from investing activities			126	(1,215)
Impact of the retrospective reclassification on effect of exchange rate changes			2	(4)
PRC
Statutory reserves
Appropriation to statutory reserves		¥ 690	¥ 298	¥ 836
Minimum
Derivatives and hedging
Ratio determining effective hedging relationship	80.00%	80.00%
Maximum
Derivatives and hedging
Ratio determining effective hedging relationship	125.00%	125.00%
Share repurchase for purpose of certain equity investment plans for management
Treasury shares
Number of ordinary shares included in treasury shares account \| shares	18,737,922	18,737,922	20,789,596
Company's share of an equity method investee's in the Company \| Suning
Treasury shares
Number of ordinary shares included in treasury shares account \| shares			4,162,856