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        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) 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

November 6, 2017

VIA EDGAR

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. 3 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. 3 (the “Amendment No. 3”) to the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) and an exhibit via EDGAR to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).

Securities and Exchange Commission

November 6, 2017

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The Amendment No. 3 is being filed solely for the purpose of filing an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and to amend and restate the exhibit index set forth in Part II of the Registration Statement. 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 Amendment No. 3 and two copies of the filed exhibit.

The Company plans to request effectiveness of the Registration Statement on November 9, 2017 and will file the joint acceleration requests before then. The Company would greatly appreciate the Staff’s continuing support and assistance.

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Securities and Exchange Commission

November 6, 2017

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If you have any questions regarding the 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