On May 1 1, 2009, the Supreme People's Court issued the Reply on How to Calculate Debt Interest during Delayed Performance, which changed the interest rate standard from the original "the highest bank loan interest rate in the same period" to "the benchmark loan interest rate of the People's Bank of China in the same period". The court implemented the standard of double interest, which was twice the benchmark interest rate of the People's Bank of China in the same period.

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According to Article 1 of the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Calculating Debt Interest during Delayed Performance: "The calculation method of debt interest doubled part is: debt interest doubled part = monetary debt other than general debt interest determined by the effective legal documents × daily 1.75× delayed performance."

To give a simple example: the court ruled that the defendant repaid the plaintiff's principal of 654.38 million yuan within three days, so the plaintiff can ask the defendant to calculate the interest according to 1.75% of the unpaid amount on the fourth day after the judgment takes effect.

The court is a place that pays attention to evidence, and the judge will only judge the victory or defeat of the lawsuit according to the evidence. Many times, the judge will not investigate the authenticity of the evidence, but determine the authenticity and validity of the evidence through cross-examination. Of course, the verdict is also based on the results of cross-examination, so we must work harder at this stage when we go to court to have a greater chance of winning.