area, such as repair and maintenance of buildings and the auxiliary facili es thereof, the management and maintenance of the environmental hygiene, keeping the order, and like, and the property owners pay property management fees in return. Property management service providers include property management service enterprises and other managers. Ar cle 938 A property management service contract generally contains clauses specifying the contents of the services, the service quality, the rates and the collec on methods of the service fee, the use of the maintenance funds, the management and use of the service premises, the term of service, the service handover, and the like. A commitment of service made publicly by a property management service provider in favor of the property owners shall be a component part of the property management service contract. A property management service contract shall be in wri ng. Ar cle 939 A preliminary property management service contract concluded between a developer and a property management service provider in accordance with law, or a property management service contract concluded by an owners’ commi ee and a property management service provider selected and hired in the owners’ assembly in accordance with law are legally binding on the owners. Ar cle 940 Where, prior to expira on of the service term as agreed in a preliminary contract for property management service concluded between a developer and a property management service provider in accordance with law, a contract for property management service concluded by the owners’ commi ee or the owners and a new property management service provider becomes e ec ve, and the preliminary contract for property management service shall be terminated. Ar cle 941 Where a property management service provider authorizes a specialized service en ty or any other third person to handle some specialized services in the property management service area, the property management service provider shall be responsible to the owners in terms of the specialized services. A property management service provider shall not delegate to a third person all the property management services it is obligated to provide, or divide the property management services and delegate each to a third person. Ar cle 942 A property management service provider shall, in accordance with the contract and the nature of the use of the property, properly repair, maintain, clean, grow plant, and manage the common space of the property management service area co-owned by the owners, maintain the basic order in the property management service area, and take reasonable measures to protect the owners’ personal and property safety. For any viola on of the relevant laws and regula ons on public security, environmental protec on, re protec on, and the like, in the property management service area, the property management service provider shall, in a mely manner, take reasonable measures to stop the viola on, make a report to the competent departments, and render assistance in its handling. Ar cle 943 A property management service provider shall, in a reasonable manner, regularly disclose to the owners and report to the owners’ assembly and the owners' commi ee on its services, the responsible personnel, the quality requirements, the items that a fee is charged, the rate of the fee, the performance of obliga ons, use of the maintenance funds, and the management and income generated from using the common space co-owned by the owners, and the like. Ar cle 944 An owner shall pay property management fees to the property management service provider in accordance with the agreement. Where a property management service provider has provided services in accordance with the agreement and the relevant regula ons, an owner shall not refuse to pay the property management fees on the ground that he has not accepted or need not accept the relevant property tt fi ti ti ti ti ff ti tt ti ti ti ti ti tt ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti 101