"I didn't expect that in such a remote village, we can use mobile phones to mediate online at home and solve problems without going to court. It's too convenient!" Zhang Mou, a villager in Zhangjiapo Town, Yiyuan County, Zibo City, Shandong Province, sighed. Not long ago, due to a labor dispute, he was going to sue Shang, the "Contractor" in the neighboring village. After receiving the case, the Dongli court of Yiyuan County Court entrusted the mediator of the specially invited mediation room in Zhangjiapo town to communicate with the village committee of Shang's village, relying on the "e+ smart court" platform established in the village (hereinafter referred to as the smart court platform) for mediation. The judge gave online guidance, the mediator worked carefully, the parties reached a mediation agreement, and conducted online judicial confirmation. The dispute was resolved on the same day. "Since 2020, Zibo intermediate people's court has successively built a smart court platform integrating online mediation, mediation guidance, circuit trials and other functions in the city's Township Comprehensive management centers, key villages, key industrial parks and other areas, expanding the 'tentacles' of one-stop litigation services, and delivering judicial services to people's homes." Liangjiujun, President of Zibo intermediate people's court, said that the smart court platform employs Village (residential) cadres, people's mediators, grid members and other people's liaison officers. With their assistance, the masses can self-help through the platform to contact judges, legal advice, online filing and other businesses, conduct mediation, court sessions and other litigation activities, and accept Legal Popularization services such as interpretation of cases online. In addition to making judicial services more efficient and convenient for the people, the smart court platform also plays a role in resolving grass-roots contradictions and disputes and helping to improve the grass-roots governance system combining autonomy, rule of law and rule of virtue. Xingyuanzi village, Beijiao Town, Zhoucun District, once had various contradictions due to the demolition of shed renovation. In 2020, once the smart court platform of the village was established, the villagers' self-government charter and village rules and regulations were revised and improved under the guidance of judges, so that it can better regulate village activities and guide villagers' behavior. When there are disputes in the village, the villagers first think of finding a smart court platform to solve them. For those who may cause litigation, contact the judge for mediation through the smart court platform. Pay equal attention to reason and law to resolve disputes, and help to achieve "small things do not leave the village, and contradictions do not turn in". Not long ago, a pair of brothers in xingyuanzi village had a dispute over the demolition of their ancestral house, and neither of them was willing to give in. The village committee contacted the Zhoucun District Court through the smart court platform. After many times of online and on-site mediation by the judge, a contradiction that might have been red faced in court was resolved flexibly through mediation, and the two brothers were reconciled as before. Up to now, 346 smart court platforms have been built in Zibo. Relying on the radiation, integration and driving role of the platform, the average case handling cycle of people's courts in Zibo has been shortened by 10.8 days year-on-year since this year; More than 85% of the cases are closed by means of mediation, rapid adjudication and trial; The rate of interest litigation in the first instance reached 89.85%. (Xinhua News Agency)