Employee Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Employee Benefit Plans  
Employee Benefit Plans

 

18. Employee Benefit Plans

 

The Group’s PRC subsidiaries and VIEs are required by law to contribute a certain percentages of applicable salaries for retirement benefits, medical insurance benefits, housing funds, unemployment and other statutory benefits. The PRC government is directly responsible for the payments of such benefits. The Group contributed $40,724,902, $45,924,681 and $58,365,171, for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively, for such benefits.