The invention provides a discontinuous reception configuration method, a discontinuous reception method, a base station and a terminal. The problem that an existing discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration scheme is difficult to satisfy different power saving demands of various pieces of business is solved. The discontinuous reception configuration method provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the steps of determining target discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information of target RBs when the target radio bearers (RBs) corresponding to the target business are established for the terminal; and sending the target DRX configuration information to the terminal. According to the embodiment of the invention, the terminal determines a DRX activation period and a DRX non-activation period of the terminal according to the target discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information configured by the base station for the radio bearers (RBs) corresponding to the business, the discontinuous reception is carried out according to the DRX activation period and the DRX non-activation period of the terminal, so the purpose of configuring different DRX according to different business is realized, and the different power saving demands of the various pieces of business is satisfied.