Legal analysis: Private lending refers to the financing between natural persons, legal persons and other organizations, not financial institutions and their branches established with the approval of financial supervision departments.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 667 A loan contract is a contract in which the borrower borrows money from the lender, repays it at maturity and pays interest.

Article 668 A loan contract shall be in written form, unless otherwise agreed between natural persons. The contents of a loan contract generally include terms such as loan type, currency, purpose, amount, interest rate, term and repayment method.