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Commitments
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Commitments  
Commitments

24.

Commitments

(a)

Capital commitments

Capital expenditures contracted for are analyzed as follows:

As of March 31,

    

2020

    

2021

(in millions of RMB) 

Contracted but not provided for:

Purchase of property and equipment

 

15,572

 

22,736

Construction of corporate campuses

 

8,982

 

14,859

 

24,554

 

37,595

(b)  Investment commitments

The Company was obligated to pay up to RMB14,080 million and RMB19,466 million for business combinations and equity investments under various arrangements as of March 31, 2020 and 2021, respectively. The commitment balance as of March 31, 2020 and 2021 primarily includes the consideration for the investment in Focus Media (Note 4(p)) and the remaining committed capital of certain investment funds.

(c)  Other commitments

The Company also has other commitments including commitments for co-location and bandwidth fees, licensed copyrights and marketing expenses. These commitments are analyzed as follows:

As of March 31,

    

2020

    

2021

(in millions of RMB) 

No later than 1 year

 

27,398

 

35,109

Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years

 

19,261

 

17,266

More than 5 years

3,102

2,849

 

49,761

 

55,224

As a marketing initiative, the Company entered into a framework agreement with the International Olympic Committee (the “IOC”) and the United States Olympic Committee in January 2017 for a long-term partnership arrangement through 2028. Joining in The Olympic Partner worldwide sponsorship program, the Company has become the official “E-Commerce Services” Partner and “Cloud Services” Partner of the IOC. In addition, the Company has been granted certain marketing rights, benefits and opportunities relating to future Olympic Games and related initiatives, events and activities. The Company committed to provide at least US$815 million worth of cash, cloud infrastructure services and cloud computing services, as well as marketing and media support in connection with various Olympic initiatives, events and activities, including the Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games through 2028.