DIRECT DIAL +852 3740 4863     DIRECT FAX +852 3910 4863     EMAIL ADDRESS JULIE.GAO@SKADDEN.COM   PARTNERS CHRISTOPHER W. BETTS WILL H. CAI ^ GEOFFREY CHAN * CHI T. STEVE KWOK * EDWARD H.P. LAM ◆* HAIPING LI * RORY MCALPINE ◆ CLIVE W. ROUGH ◆ JONATHAN B. STONE * ^ (ALSO ADMITTED IN CALIFORNIA) ◆ (ALSO ADMITTED IN ENGLAND & WALES) * (ALSO ADMITTED IN NEW YORK)   REGISTERED FOREIGN LAWYERS Z. JULIE GAO (CALIFORNIA) BRADLEY A. KLEIN (ILLINOIS) SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM   42/F, EDINBURGH TOWER, THE LANDMARK 15 QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG                TEL: (852) 3740-4700 FAX: (852) 3740-4727 www.skadden.com AFFILIATE OFFICES                BOSTON CHICAGO HOUSTON LOS ANGELES NEW YORK PALO ALTO WASHINGTON, D.C. WILMINGTON                BEIJING BRUSSELS FRANKFURT LONDON MOSCOW MUNICH PARIS SÃO PAULO SEOUL SHANGHAI SINGAPORE TOKYO TORONTO

October 23, 2017

Dietrich King

Jessica Livingston

Gus Rodriguez

Marc Thomas

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

U. S. A.

Re: PPDAI Group Inc. (CIK No. 0001691445)

Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-1

Dear Mr. King, Ms. Livingston, Mr. Rodriguez and Mr. Thomas:

On behalf of our client, PPDAI Group Inc., a foreign private issuer organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), we are filing herewith the Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) and certain exhibits via EDGAR to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to reflect a few recent developments, including a 100-for-1 share split that took effect on October 20, 2017.

Securities and Exchange Commission

October 23, 2017

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To facilitate the review by the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”), we have separately delivered to the Staff today five courtesy copies of the Registration Statement, marked to show changes to the registration statement on Form F-1 publicly filed with the Commission on October 13, 2017, and two copies of the filed exhibits.

The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it plans to file another amendment to the Registration Statement containing the estimated offering size and price range on or about October 27, 2017, and commence the road show for the proposed offering as soon as possible. The Company would appreciate the Staff’s timely assistance and support to the Company in meeting the proposed timetable for the offering.

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Securities and Exchange Commission

October 23, 2017

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If you have any questions regarding the Revised Draft Registration Statement, please contact the undersigned by phone at +852-3740-4863 or via e-mail at julie.gao@skadden.com.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Z. Julie Gao

Z. Julie Gao

Enclosures

cc: Jun Zhang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PPDAI Group Inc.

Simon Tak Leung Ho, Chief Financial Officer, PPDAI Group Inc.

Haiping Li, Esq., Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Jimmy Leung, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP

Sean Fu, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP

Shuang Zhao, Esq., Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP