This application provides a method for transmitting feedback information for downlink data, a terminal, and a base station. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal from a base station, DCI used for downlink data group scheduling and location information of a first feedback resource, where the DCI is used to indicate a scheduling condition of each terminal in a scheduling group to which the terminal belongs; receiving, by the terminal according to the DCI, downlink data sent by the base station; and sending, by the terminal according to the scheduling condition, feedback information for the downlink data by using the feedback resource indicated by the location information of the first feedback resource.