Embodiments of the present invention relate to a user equipment power saving method, an apparatus, and user equipment. The method includes: determining whether power saving needs to be performed on user equipment; if power saving needs to be performed on the user equipment, sending a power saving configuration request to a network side, where the power saving configuration request is used to request the network side to perform, according to the power saving configuration request, a power saving configuration on the user equipment. According to the user equipment power saving method provided in embodiments of the present invention, an objective of reducing power consumption of UE can be achieved, thereby improving user experience.