ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The following table sets forth the aggregate fees by categories specified below in connection with certain professional services rendered by
PricewaterhouseCoopers, our principal external auditors, for the periods indicated. We did not pay any other fees to our auditors during the periods indicated below.
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Year ended
March 31,
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2017
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2018
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(in thousands of RMB)
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Audit Fees
(1)
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52,315
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66,606
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Audit-related Fees
(2)
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3,936
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7,753
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Tax Fees
(3)
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730
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753
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All Other Fees
(4)
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1,023
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5,442
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Total
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58,004
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80,554
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(1)
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"Audit
Fees" represents the aggregate fees billed or to be billed for each of the fiscal years listed for professional services rendered by our principal auditors
for the audit of our annual financial statements and assistance with and review of documents filed with the SEC and other statutory and regulatory filings.
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(2)
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"Audit-related
Fees" represents the aggregate fees billed in each of the fiscal years listed for the assurance and related services rendered by our principal
auditors that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and not reported under "Audit Fees."
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(3)
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"Tax
Fees" represents the aggregate fees billed in each of the fiscal years listed for the professional tax services rendered by our principal auditors.
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(4)
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"All
Other Fees" represents the aggregate fees billed in each of the fiscal years listed for services rendered by our principal auditors other than services reported
under "Audit Fees," "Audit-related Fees" and "Tax Fees."
The
policy of our audit committee is to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers, including audit services, audit-related services, tax services
and other services as described above, other than those for de minimis services which are approved by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit.