Cash and cash equivalents

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Cash and cash equivalents [Abstract]

4.	Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents represent cash on hand and demand deposits placed with banks or other financial institutions, which have original maturities of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2013 and 2014 primarily consist of the following currencies:

Cash and cash equivalents are denominated in the following currencies:


	As of December 31,
	2013		2014
	RMB'000		RMB'000

RMB		71,163		613,969
US$		108,495		315,860
Total		179,658		929,829

- Definition

The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) 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. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

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