Legal basis: Provisional Regulations on Urban Land Use Tax in People's Republic of China (PRC) Article 2 Units and individuals who use land in cities, counties, towns and industrial and mining areas are taxpayers of urban land use tax (hereinafter referred to as land use tax) and shall pay land use tax in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. The units mentioned in the preceding paragraph include state-owned enterprises, collective enterprises, private enterprises, joint-stock enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises, foreign enterprises and other enterprises and institutions, social organizations, state organs, the military and other units; "Individuals" include individual industrial and commercial households and other individuals.