Embodiments of this application provide a resource management indication method and apparatus. The method includes: generating, by a base station, radio resource management RRM measurement manner indication information, where the RRM measurement manner indication information is used to indicate an RRM measurement manner; and sending, by the base station, the RRM measurement manner indication information to a terminal. In the embodiments of this application, the base station can flexibly indicate the RRM measurement manner to the terminal, so that a more proper RRM measurement manner is used, to improve measurement efficiency and reduce measurement overheads.