北京远郊区县的老百姓上诉打官司往往需要乘坐公交车翻山越岭,行程两三百里地往返于城区的中级法院和远郊山区之间,且需要耗费大量的路途时间和精力、财力。北京市在全国法院系统率先启动视频法庭,既有远郊区县法院及基层人民法庭的视频法庭,又有城区中级法院及集中审理类型案件的法院的视频法庭;庭审内 People in suburbs and counties of Beijing often appeal to lawsuits often need to take the bus over the mountains and travel two or three hundred miles to and from the city’s intermediate court and the outskirts of the mountains, and need to spend a lot of journey time and energy and financial resources. Beijing has taken the lead in launching a video court in the national court system. It has both video courts in suburban district courts and grassroots tribunals, and video courts in urban district mid-level courts and courts focusing on types of cases. In the courtroom,