Do neighborhood committees have the right to designate property companies?

Legal analysis: Neighborhood committees are grass-roots mass self-governing organizations with residents' self-management, self-education and self-service. It works under the guidance and support of the government or its institutions. The neighborhood committee is not the property owner of the community, and neither enjoys the rights nor undertakes the obligations of the owners. When there is a dispute between the owners or owners' committee and the property management company on the property contract, the neighborhood committee can coordinate and handle it, but it cannot replace the owners or owners' committee to select the property management company.

Legal basis: Article 19 of the Measures for the Administration of Economically Affordable Housing, property service enterprises can be selected through bidding to implement prophase property services, or residents can manage themselves under the guidance of community neighborhood committees and other institutions to provide property services that meet the basic needs of residents in residential areas.