Legal basis: Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Trial of Private Lending Cases Article 28 After the principal and interest of the previous loan are settled, the borrower and the lender will include the interest in the principal of the latter loan and issue a new certificate of creditor's rights. If the previous interest rate does not exceed the annual interest rate of 24%, the amount specified in the reissued creditor's rights certificate can be confirmed as the later loan principal; Excess interest cannot be included in the future loan principal. If the agreed interest rate exceeds the annual interest rate of 24%, and the parties claim that the excess interest cannot be included in the later loan principal, the people's court shall support it.