How long the property contract expires is regarded as automatic renewal.

1. Generally speaking, when the owners' meeting is established and a new property company is selected to sign the contract, the term of the previous property service contract is terminated.

2. For the pre-term property service contract with a time limit, the property company can renew the contract with the developer without the establishment of the owners' meeting.

3. If the previous property management company has not been replaced, then the previous property management company has expired, which is considered as an actual contract. Property companies have provided services and should pay fees in law.

Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Price Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Regulations on Property Management in order to regulate the charging behavior of property services and protect the legitimate rights and interests of owners and property management enterprises. Article 2 The term "property service charges" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the fees charged by property management enterprises to the owners for the maintenance, conservation and management of houses, supporting facilities and related sites, and for maintaining the environmental sanitation and order in the relevant areas. Article 3 The State encourages owners to choose property management enterprises through an open, fair and just market competition mechanism. Encourage property management companies to carry out legitimate price competition, prohibit price fraud, and promote the formation of property service charges through market competition. Article 4 The competent price department of the State Council shall be responsible for the supervision and management of the national property service charges jointly with the competent construction administrative department of the State Council. The price departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and management of property service charges within their respective administrative areas jointly with the real estate administrative departments at the same level. Fifth property service charges should follow the principles of rationality, openness and the adaptation of charging standards to service levels. Sixth property service charges according to the nature and characteristics of different properties, respectively, the implementation of government guidance price and market adjustment price. The specific pricing form shall be determined by the price departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the real estate administrative departments. Article 7 Where government-guided prices are applied to property service charges, the competent price department of the people's government with pricing power shall, jointly with the competent real estate administrative department, formulate the corresponding benchmark price and its floating range according to factors such as the standard of property management service level, and publish it regularly. The specific charging standard is agreed by the owner and the property management enterprise in the property service contract according to the specified benchmark price and floating range. The property service charges that are regulated by the market shall be agreed by the owners and the property management enterprises in the property service contract. Article 8 Property management enterprises shall clearly mark their prices in accordance with the provisions of the competent pricing department of the government, and publicize relevant information such as service contents, service standards, charging items and charging standards in a prominent position within the property management area.