New Provisions of Property Management Law in 2022

The new provisions on property management fees in 2022 are as follows:

1. Property service charges shall follow the principles of reasonableness, openness, and adaptation of charges to service levels, and shall be stipulated in the property service contract in accordance with the measures for property service charges formulated by the state.

2. The owner shall pay the property service fee according to the property service contract. Property that has been completed but has not been sold or handed over to the property buyer shall be paid by the construction unit.

3. Property enterprises can provide services beyond those stipulated in the property service contract according to the entrustment of the owners, and the service remuneration shall be agreed by both parties.

4, property management area, water supply, power supply, gas supply, heating, communications, cable television and other units shall charge the relevant fees to the end users. If the property enterprise collects fees, it shall not collect additional fees such as handling fees from the owners.

5. Property enterprises should stop acts that violate laws and regulations such as public security, environmental protection, property decoration and use, and report to relevant administrative departments in time to strengthen supervision over property service charges.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 937 A realty service contract is a contract in which a realty service provider provides realty services such as maintenance of buildings and their ancillary facilities, management and maintenance of environmental sanitation and related order within the realty service area to the owner, and the owner pays the realty fee. Property service providers include property service enterprises and other managers. The collection standards of property fees vary from place to place, and the specific collection standards of property fees are announced by the local price bureau.