a few days ago, shanghai no. 1 intermediate peoples court heard 18 disputes over property contractsmade judgments online by video conference, being the first to do so in shanghai. before the trial, the clerk verified the identity of the parties by cameraconfirmed that the parties were in a relatively closed environment where no other person was present. during the trial, the collegial panel organized procedures of court trial such as cross-examination, fact investigationdebates through videos,pronounced judgments after adjournment. the trial was conducted in an orderly mannerall relevant procedures were completed. this kind of trial has the following acteristics: i, making justice more convenientbeneficial to the people. in order to meet the special requirements of online trial, shanghai no. 1 intermediate peoples court has improved the existing video conference systemdeveloped new methods to achieve the goal of justice for the people by information-based means, endeavoring to bring convenience to the people. ii, having effectively improved the efficiency of hearing. hearing simple cases online of which the partiestheir attorneys are inconvenient to attend the trial, can take advantages of the speedconvenience of the internet which is not limited to certain spacetimecan effectively improve the efficiency of hearing. iii, widely using the electronic archive system. materials related to the case are scannedelectronic archives are produced before the trial during the trial, the collegial panel can consult the electronic archives to quickly get relevant information on the equipmentthe parties concerned can consult such electronic archives through the internetcross-examine in a long distance, which achieves good application of the electronic archives.