A bandwidth part processing method includes receiving, by a terminal, a first information and a second information from a network device. The first information indicates that at least one default bandwidth part (BWP) corresponds to at least two active BWPs, the second information indicates that the at least two active BWPs correspond to at least one first timer, and the at least one first timer is useable by the terminal to perform deactivation processing on at least one of the at least two active BWPs. The method further includes performing, by the terminal, deactivation processing on the at least one of the at least two active BWPs, and activation processing on a BWP in the at least one default BWP based on the first and second information, or performing deactivation processing on the at least one of the at least two active BWPs based on the first and second information.