| 17. | ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES |
| December 31, | ||||||||||||
| Notes | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||
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RMB (restated) |
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Amounts due to China Telecom Group |
(i | ) | 1,813 | 1,838 | ||||||||
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Amounts due to China Tower |
807 | 1,374 | ||||||||||
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Amounts due to other telecommunications operators in the PRC |
41 | 59 | ||||||||||
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Accrued expenses |
(ii | ) | 21,297 | 24,864 | ||||||||
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Value-added tax payable |
797 | 645 | ||||||||||
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Customer deposits and receipts in advance |
66,418 | 69,915 | ||||||||||
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| 91,173 | 98,695 | |||||||||||
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| Notes: |
| (i) | Amounts due to China Telecom Group as of December 31, 2017 includes the consideration of the Eighth Acquisition amounting to RMB87, among which the consideration of the acquisition of Zhonghe Hengtai was fully paid by March 23, 2018, while the remaining consideration payable in respect of the acquisition of the Satcom Business had not been fully paid at the end of the reporting period. |
| (ii) | Accrued expenses as of December 31, 2017 includes the unpaid portion of consideration of the acquisition of non-controlling interest of a subsidiary of the Group amounting to RMB119, which has been fully settled on January 23, 2018. |