On February 21, 2016, China's State Council and CCP Central Committee jointly issued an "opinion" on urbanization stating that authorities will "in principle" no longer approve gated communities. It added that existing communities will gradually have to open their premises to the outside. The directive will trigger resentment from those Chinese paying high rents to live in the gated communities and compounds and property developers. More than 70 percent of nearly 38,000 Internet users polled by the news portal Sina.com by February 23 had opposed the idea.The 2007 Property Law says homeowners collectively own the roads, green spaces and other facilities built within their communities. Yuan Chongfa, a researcher at the National Development and Reform Commission's City, Small City and Town Center, said this meant the new rules would break the law.