What is the relationship between developers and owners and property management companies?

Legal analysis: the main relationship between developers and owners is the purchase contract. There are usually two relationships between developers and property management companies: subordination, that is, property management companies are branches or subsidiaries of developers; Contractual relationship, the developer, as the original owner, entered into a preliminary property management contract and hired a property management company to conduct preliminary property management.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 464 A contract is an agreement between civil subjects to establish, change or terminate a civil legal relationship. Agreements on status relations such as marriage, adoption and guardianship shall be governed by legal provisions on such status relations; If there are no provisions, the provisions of this part can be applied according to their nature.

Article 465 A lawfully formed contract shall be protected by law. A legally established contract is legally binding only on the parties, except as otherwise provided by law.

Article 466 If the parties have disputes over the understanding of the terms of the contract, they shall determine the meaning of the disputed terms in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 142 of this Law. Where a contract text is concluded in two or more languages, and the agreement is equally authentic, the words used in each text shall have the same meaning. If the words and expressions used in each text are inconsistent, they shall be interpreted according to the relevant terms, nature, purpose and principle of good faith of the contract.