A channel timing method for multiflow transmission, comprising: receiving time reference information of a non-time reference cell configured by a higher layer; and obtaining a high speed dedicated physical control channel, HS-DPCCH, timing in the non-time reference cell by using the time reference information, wherein the time reference information of the non-time reference cell is non-time reference; wherein there is a correspondence between the time reference information of the non-time reference cell and a high speed physical downlink shared channel, HS-PDSCH, sub-frame boundary difference or an HS-PDSCH frame boundary difference between a time reference cell and the non-time reference cell; wherein a value of the time reference information of the non-time reference cell is an integral multiple of 256, the HS-DPCCH timing of the non-time reference cell is m = T TX_diff ± Non − time Reference / 256 + 101; or or m = mod T TX_diff ± Non − time Reference, 38400 / 256 + 101, wherein mod is a wherein mod is a modulo operation, a range of T TX_diff is an integral multiple of 256 and a maximum value thereof is 38144 chips, and T TX_diff is a difference between the following two timings in the non-time reference cell, where one timing is an HS-PDSCH subframe header, and the other timing is a downlink dedicated physical channel, DL DPCH, frame or a fractional dedicated physical channel, F-DPCH, frame header, and the DL DPCH or the F-DPCH frame comprises the HS-PDSCH subframe header;wherein the time reference information of the non-time reference cell, namely, Non-time Reference = Γ DIFF ± ΔΓ F-DPCH, wherein Γ DIFF is the HS-PDSCH subframe boundary difference or the HS-PDSCH frame boundary difference between the time reference cell and the non-time reference cell, and ΔΓ F-DPCH is an F-DPCH subframe boundary difference, an F-DPCH frame boundary difference, or an F-DPCH symbol boundary difference between the time reference cell and the non-time reference cell. receiving time reference information of a non-time reference cell configured by a higher layer; and obtaining a high speed dedicated physical control channel, HS-DPCCH, timing in the non-time reference cell by using the time reference information, wherein the time reference information of the non-time reference cell is non-time reference; wherein there is a correspondence between the time reference information of the non-time reference cell and a high speed physical downlink shared channel, HS-PDSCH, sub-frame boundary difference or an HS-PDSCH frame boundary difference between a time reference cell and the non-time reference cell; wherein a value of the time reference information of the non-time reference cell is an integral multiple of 256, the HS-DPCCH timing of the non-time reference cell is m = T TX_diff ± Non − time Reference / 256 + 101; or or m = mod T TX_diff ± Non − time Reference, 38400 / 256 + 101, wherein mod is a wherein mod is a modulo operation, a range of T TX_diff is an integral multiple of 256 and a maximum value thereof is 38144 chips, and T TX_diff is a difference between the following two timings in the non-time reference cell, where one timing is an HS-PDSCH subframe header, and the other timing is a downlink dedicated physical channel, DL DPCH, frame or a fractional dedicated physical channel, F-DPCH, frame header, and the DL DPCH or the F-DPCH frame comprises the HS-PDSCH subframe header;wherein the time reference information of the non-time reference cell, namely, Non-time Reference = Γ DIFF ± ΔΓ F-DPCH, wherein Γ DIFF is the HS-PDSCH subframe boundary difference or the HS-PDSCH frame boundary difference between the time reference cell and the non-time reference cell, and ΔΓ F-DPCH is an F-DPCH subframe boundary difference, an F-DPCH frame boundary difference, or an F-DPCH symbol boundary difference between the time reference cell and the non-time reference cell.