This invention discloses a terminal peripheral strategy control method and a device. The method comprises: a M2M gateway executes the operation on the terminal peripheral according to the event triggering condition defined by the policy, wherein the operation performed on the terminal peripheral is an operation corresponding to the event triggering condition in the policy definition. The terminal peripheral strategy control method solves the technology problem that the terminal peripheral control cannot be realized through the policy definition and the M2M gateway, realizes the policy operation on the terminal peripheral through the 2M2 gateway and increases the intelligent degree of the M2M system.