The invention relates to a method for transmitting initial access signaling under a cell-forward access channel (CELL-FACH) state and an initial access method, comprising the following steps: UE transmits an enhanced random access request to a node B, wherein the enhanced random access request carries indication information used for indicating that data to be transmitted is the initial access signaling and data quantity information of the data to be transmitted; enough resources for transmitting the data to be transmitted is licensed to the UE by using the data quantity information and the maximum retransmission time if the node B judges the data to be transmitted is the initial access signaling according the indication information; the UE transmits and retransmits the data to be transmitted on the licensed resource, and the UE is succeeded in the initial access if the transmission of the data to be transmitted is successfully completed when the resource authorization comes to an end. The invention can solve the problem that the prior system can not support the sectional transmission of the initial access signaling through an authorization mode of engaging the node B to the initial access signaling, and the invention is simple and practical.