Disclosed is a synchronisation method and apparatus. The method includes steps described below. A control plane (CP) entity determines content to be counted, an object and a reporting policy for performing a synchronisation operation, where the synchronisation operation includes at least one of: a working status synchronisation operation or a resource status synchronisation operation; and the CP entity sends a request for the synchronisation operation to a user plane (UP) entity, where the request carries configuration information about the content to be counted, the object and the reporting policy for the synchronisation operation. Further disclosed are a network element and a computer-readable storage medium.