Provided in embodiments of the disclosure are a driving method for a display panel, and a display apparatus. A display frame includes a data refresh phase and a blanking time phase. The driving method for the display panel includes: in the data refresh phase, loading a clock signal including an active level and an inactive level to a gate driving circuit in a display panel to cause a gate line to load a gate-on signal, loading display data to a source driving circuit in the display panel to cause a data line to load a data voltage, and determining a current operating state of the display panel; and in the blanking time phase, loading a clock signal including an inactive level to the gate driving circuit in the display panel to cause the gate line to load a gate-off signal, and sending the current operating state of the display panel.