The present disclosure provides a channel monitoring method and a channel monitoring apparatus. The method is applied to a base station and includes: configuring a first discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter for a terminal for channel monitoring; determining a first power saving signal for indicating the first DRX parameter; sending the first power saving signal to the terminal for the terminal to determine the corresponding first DRX parameter based on the first power saving signal and perform corresponding channel monitoring based on the first DRX parameter.