A property management area establishes an owners' meeting, and a community can be divided into several property management areas under certain conditions. The "specific conditions" here are the factors for the delimitation of the property management area. The problem of dividing a small area into several property management areas is generally found in residential areas that belong to the same red line map scope determined by a construction land planning permit and are physically separated into different areas (different areas may be divided by municipal roads, etc.).

In practice, the delineation of property management areas will generally consider the scope of land parcels (red line map) [Guangzhou Railway Transportation Intermediate Court (2017) Guangdong 71 Administrative Judgment No. 1666, Guangdong Higher People's Court (2018) Guangdong Administrative Ruling No. 132: in principle, the division of the property management area shall be reasonably determined according to the red line map scope determined by the construction land planning permit and in combination with the common facilities and equipment of the property, the scale of buildings, community construction and other factors. The red line map scope determined by the construction land planning permit is not the only standard for the division of the property management area. The division of the property management area should be conducive to the management and service of the community, and the production, life and daily convenience of residents, it is conducive to the common use of public facilities and cost savings, and is conducive to regional stability and tranquility], shared facilities and equipment [Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court (2017) Guangdong 03 Line Final No. 85 Administrative Judgment: In this case, in the case of disputes over the division of the property management area of the residential area involved, the Nanwan Sub-district Office conducted an on-site investigation, after finding out the fact that the residential area involved in the case is partially connected with the main building of the shop area in Phase 5 and 6, the water supply, power supply and fire fighting facilities are partially shared, and the shared facilities and equipment are managed by a management office of Kaisa Property Management Company, and the two are located in the same parcel red line, the two appellee divided the residential area and the shop area into the same property management area with sufficient basis, in line with the above-mentioned legal provisions], building scale [there is no clear standard within the scope of Guangdong Province, or refer to "the construction area of a property management area is generally not less than 30000 square meters" as stipulated in the implementation opinions of Xiamen Construction Bureau on the division of property management areas], community construction [there is no clear standard within Guangdong Province].

Before this revision, it is 2009 that the consideration of property management area delineation stipulated in the "Guangdong Province Property Management Regulations" is "shared facilities and equipment, community construction, etc.". After this revision, it is clear that the consideration of property management area delineation is "Shared facilities and equipment, building scale, community construction, etc", since the beginning of 2023, the "Guangdong Province Property Management Regulations" and the State Council "Property Management Regulations" (2018 Edition), "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Property Management Regulations" (2019 Edition) in the property management area delimitation considerations are completely consistent, unified standards. However, the aforementioned delimitation factors are all principled standards, and further practical rules may need to be spied on from various local regulations or relevant judicial precedents.

With regard to the matters and decision rules jointly decided by the owners, since Article 278 of the Civil Code, which came into effect on January 1, 2021, has been clearly stipulated in Article 278 of the Civil Code, since then, the competent departments of urban and rural housing construction and the owners' assembly of the community have basically been implemented in accordance with the provisions of Article 278 of the Civil Code. The revision of this part of the content is due.

The Civil Code does not mention the method of determining the area of the exclusive part and the number of owners, but the method of determining the property Management regulations of Guangdong Province in 2009 has caused a lot of differences and disputes in practice because of its lag. This revision has checked and filled the gaps, which can be described as detailed and comprehensive, which is convenient for unified implementation in practice.

This part of the revised content should be the biggest highlight of the 2023 "Guangdong Province Property Management Regulations. In fact, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has emphasized in the "Report of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Work of Filing and Review in 2021" issued on December 24, 2021 that "3. insist on'mistakes must be corrected'. Effectively safeguard the unity of the country's rule of law. Some local laws and regulations stipulate that one of the prerequisites for community owners to participate in the election of members of the owners' committee is that they must 'pay property fees and other related fees on time '. Some citizens have proposed a review of this provision. In our review, the owners' committee is an autonomous owners' organization and its eligibility to stand for election is based on the status of the owner. The owner's failure to pay the property management fee on time is a civil breach of contract by the owner in violation of the property service contract. This local regulation restricts the eligibility of owners to stand for election to the owners' committee, which conflicts with the relevant provisions of the Civil Code. After communication, the formulation authority has made amendments to the relevant provisions."

Before the promulgation of the "Guangdong Province Property Management Regulations" in 2023, the housing and urban-rural construction authorities in some areas of Guangdong Province still required community owners to participate in the election of members of the owners' committee. One of the prerequisites is to "pay property fees and other related expenses on time". The author recently encountered this problem when applying for the establishment of an owners' meeting and electing the establishment of the first owners' committee to provide special legal advisory services for the owners of a certain city in Guangdong Province. When the author revised the rules of procedure (draft) of the owners' Congress of the community, according to the opinions of the owners' representatives, combined with the provisions of the Civil Code, the report of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the standing Committee of the National people's Congress on the work of filing and examination in 2021, and the property Management regulations of the State Council, the content of "paying property service fees on time" under the conditions for membership of the industry committee has been deleted. However, the deletion was not adopted by the Community Construction Office of the local people's government, and the obstacle was to 2009 Article 25 of the property Management regulations of Guangdong Province. To this end, the author issued a "legal opinion on whether it is necessary to include" timely payment of property service fees "in the rules of procedure of XX community as a condition for membership of the industry committee" to the community construction office of the local people's government. the final result was still unclear before the release of the Guangdong property management regulations in 2023.

2023, the relevant content has been deleted from the "Guangdong Province Property Management Regulations", which is equivalent to clarifying that owners who fail to pay residential special maintenance funds and property service fees on time also have the right to stand for election as members of the industry committee. Since then, related issues should no longer be controversial.