A block generation method and apparatus, and a block receiving method and apparatus are disclosed. The block generation method includes: generating a first block and a second block, where the first block includes a first block unit, the second block includes a second block unit, a first indicator is configured in the first block unit, and the first indicator is used to indicate whether the second block unit is a control code; and sending the first block and the second block. According to this method, an indicator is configured in a block unit in the first block to indicate whether an adjacent block is a control code, so that a boundary between a control code and a data code is determined, thereby avoiding extra indication information for an indication and reducing overheads of the indication information.