A method for transmitting control signaling, an apparatus for processing control signaling and a terminal are provided. A base station transmits evolved control signaling to an evolved terminal on M downlink subframes in a radio frame, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than N, and N is the number of the downlink subframes in the radio frame. The above technical solution enhances basic control signaling of an LTE-series standard, reduces system overhead and terminal energy consumption, meets demands for future development of the industry, solves the problem of large system overhead and high terminal energy consumption due to the wireless communication standards, and meanwhile also gives sufficient consideration to backward compatibility of the system, and better meets demands of data users rapidly developing and future development of the wireless communications industry.