Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for detecting and sending control signaling, a user equipment, and a base station. The detecting method includes: obtaining, by a UE, a transmission mode of a data channel configured by a base station; determining, by the UE, a first DCI format and a second DCI format that are corresponding to the transmission mode, where PDCCH information corresponding to the first DCI format is transmitted in a precoding-based mode, and PDCCH information corresponding to the second DCI format is transmitted in a single-antenna port mode or transmit diversity mode based on non-precoding; and detecting, by the UE and in a subframe, PDCCH information corresponding to the first DCI format and the second DCI format according to a mode in which the PDCCH information is transmitted.