The invention discloses a display switching method for a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises a first processor and a second processor. A state of a display module, which is controlled by the first processor, is a first state. A state of the display module, which is controlled by the second processor, is a second state. The display switching method for the mobileterminal comprises that: in the first state, the first processor receives a display switching command; the first processor acquires a control parameter; the first processor sends the control parameter to the second processor to control to switch the mobile terminal to the second state; and the second processor controls the display module according to the control parameter. The two processors in the invention can control the display module independently, thus, the mobile terminal can be switched to the suitable processor according to the requirement of the display content, improves the flexibility of display control, and reduces the power consumption of the system.