Legal analysis: questioning record, not the witness personally to the court oral statement. It is only investigators, public prosecutors with the help of witnesses to understand the facts of the case information, so that with this information to make progress in the detection of the case. In the Anglo-American evidence law, the witness will be made outside the court testimony to be recorded in writing the formation of testimony, known as "hearsay evidence". Under the "hearsay rule," these hearsay rules don't make it to court.
Legal basis: "Chinese people's **** and the State Criminal Procedure Law" Article 187 The people's court decides to hold a trial, it shall determine the composition of the collegiality of the people's procuratorate indictment copy of the defendant and his or her defender at the latest in the court ten days before. Prior to the opening of the trial, the trial officer may summon the public prosecutor, the parties and their defenders, and the litigation agent, to learn about and hear opinions on issues related to the trial, such as evasion, the list of witnesses appearing in court, and the exclusion of unlawful evidence. After the people's court has set a date for the hearing, it shall notify the people's procuratorate of the time and place of the hearing, summon the parties, notify the defenders, litigation agents, witnesses, appraisers and interpreters, and serve the summons and notice no later than three days before the hearing. In the case of a public trial, the subject matter of the case, the name of the defendant, and the time and place of the hearing shall be announced three days before the hearing. The above activities shall be written in the transcript, signed by the trial staff and the clerk.