The invention discloses a remote control system and a mobile terminal and belongs to the technical field of remote control over televisions. The remote control system comprises an image shooting unit, a display unit, a touch screen unit, a storage unit, a processing unit and a communication unit, wherein the image shooting unit is used for acquiring a display image of an intelligent display device, the display unit is connected with the image shooting unit and used for displaying a shot image, the touch screen unit is connected with the display unit and used for acquiring input operation, the storage unit is used for saving a touch control interface template and a control command corresponding to preset operation, the processing unit is connected with the image shooting unit, the touch screen unit and the storage unit and used for obtaining the touch control interface template according to the display image and obtaining a corresponding control command according to the touch control interface template and user operation, and the communication unit is connected with the processing unit and the intelligent display device and used for sending the control command to the intelligent display device. The mobile terminal comprises the remote control system. The remote control system and the mobile terminal have the advantages that the remote control process is simplified, remote control over the televisions can be achieved, and the improvement cost is quite low.