This application provides an information transmission method and an apparatus. The information transmission method includes: A first terminal device determines a first resource based on a first reference point and a first bandwidth, where the first reference point is used to determine a location of the first resource, the first bandwidth is a size of the first resource, the size of the first resource is equal to or less than a maximum channel bandwidth supported by the first terminal device, and the first terminal device is a first-type terminal device. The first terminal device sends and/or receives information on the first resource. This resolves a problem of frequent switching of an operating frequency of a communication device in a network access process, effectively reduces power consumption of the communication device, and improves information transmission flexibility.