<p>Provided are a method and apparatus for indicating multi-user multiple-input-multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode. In this method, part 1 information and part 2 information are constructed and transmitted, and the formats of the part 1 information and the part 2 information are used to indicate MU-MIMO mode. With the present invention, user equipments are informed that they are configured in MU-MIMO mode when MU-MIMO is applied in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS).</p>