Do I have to pay utility bills every time I am notified?

Yes.

Utility bills in Dalian must be paid at the Joint Charge Office

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a citizen payment card. Someone will post a reminder notice on your door every month. , just take that and hand it over. Water and electricity bills are paid for two months at a time, usually before the 24th of every bimonthly month. They usually post water bill notices on the single month and electricity bill bills on the 10th of every bimonthly month. Just keep the electricity bill. It has the customer number on it. You write down the customer number. When you go to pay the bill later, tell them the customer number and then you pay all the bills together. Below is the address and charging time of the joint toll office. You can find the place closest to you. In fact, it is good to remember the ones in shopping malls and supermarkets. You can pay by the way when you go shopping in the future.