Lending between companies is legal. However, companies need to conclude loan contracts according to law, and all companies need to have corresponding civil capacity, and the loan contracts are true and legal. Natural persons, legal persons and other organizations may borrow from each other and from each other according to law. Decision of the Supreme People's Court on Amending the Provisions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Trial of Private Lending Cases Article 1 Private lending as mentioned in these Provisions refers to the financing behavior between natural persons, legal persons and unincorporated organizations. These provisions shall not apply to financial institutions and their branches engaged in loan business established with the approval of the financial supervision department, as well as disputes arising from loans and other related financial businesses. Article 2 When a lender brings a private lending lawsuit to a people's court, it shall provide creditor's rights certificates such as IOUs, receipts, IOUs and other evidence that can prove the existence of a legal relationship between lending and borrowing. If the creditor's rights certificate such as IOUs, receipts and IOUs held by the parties does not specify the creditor, and the party holding the creditor's rights certificate brings a private lending lawsuit, the people's court shall accept it. The defendant raised a factual defense against the plaintiff's creditor qualification, and the people's court ruled that the plaintiff did not have the creditor qualification after examination and dismissed the prosecution.