Legal basis: Provisional Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Property Tax.
Article 1 Property tax shall be levied in cities, counties, towns and industrial and mining areas.
Article 2 The property tax shall be paid by the property owner. Property rights belong to the whole people, paid by the management unit. Property rights are paid by the mortgagee. If the owner or mortgagee of the property is not in the location of the property, or the property right is not determined and the rent dispute is not resolved, it shall be paid by the property custodian or user.
Article 7 Property tax shall be levied annually and paid in installments. The tax payment period shall be stipulated by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
Article 9 Property tax shall be collected by the tax authorities where the real estate is located.