According to Article 39 of the "River Management Regulations of the People's Republic of China": For embankments, revetments, sluices, polders, seawalls and drainage engineering facilities with a clear scope of benefits, the river competent authority may The beneficiary industrial and commercial enterprises and other units and farmers collect river project construction and maintenance management fees, and their standards should be determined based on the project construction and maintenance management fees. The specific standards and calculation methods for charging fees shall be formulated by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

Therefore, river management fees are local taxes, and each province will have clear collection methods.

Generally speaking, production and commercial enterprises and institutions, individual industrial and commercial households, and those engaged in planting within the scope of benefit from river projects in this province (including embankments, bank protections, sluices, polders, seawalls and drainage engineering facilities) , aquaculture production units and individuals should pay river project construction, maintenance and management fees.