A method for transmitting information, comprising: determining (S 110), by a terminal device, first quantity information, wherein the first quantity information is information about a number of code block groups comprised in a transport block, and each code block group comprises at least one code block; and determining, by the terminal device, information about code block groups comprised in a currently scheduled transport block according to the first quantity information and a second quantity information, wherein the second quantity information is information about a total number of bits comprised in the currently scheduled transport block, wherein the first quantity information is used to indicate a maximum number of code block groups that a transport block can be divided into, and the information about the code block groups comprised in the currently scheduled transport block comprises a number of the code block groups comprised in the currently scheduled transport block; and wherein determining (S 130), by the terminal device, information about code block groups comprised in the currently scheduled transport block according to the first quantity information and a second quantity information comprises: determining, by the terminal device, a number of code blocks comprised in the currently scheduled transport block according to the second quantity information; characterized in that the method further comprises determining, by the terminal device, a smaller one of the maximum number of code block groups that a transport block can be divided into and the number of the code blocks comprised in the currently scheduled transport block as the number of the code block groups comprised in the currently scheduled transport block. determining (S 110), by a terminal device, first quantity information, wherein the first quantity information is information about a number of code block groups comprised in a transport block, and each code block group comprises at least one code block; and determining, by the terminal device, information about code block groups comprised in a currently scheduled transport block according to the first quantity information and a second quantity information, wherein the second quantity information is information about a total number of bits comprised in the currently scheduled transport block, wherein the first quantity information is used to indicate a maximum number of code block groups that a transport block can be divided into, and the information about the code block groups comprised in the currently scheduled transport block comprises a number of the code block groups comprised in the currently scheduled transport block; and wherein determining (S 130), by the terminal device, information about code block groups comprised in the currently scheduled transport block according to the first quantity information and a second quantity information comprises: determining, by the terminal device, a number of code blocks comprised in the currently scheduled transport block according to the second quantity information; characterized in that the method further comprises determining, by the terminal device, a smaller one of the maximum number of code block groups that a transport block can be divided into and the number of the code blocks comprised in the currently scheduled transport block as the number of the code block groups comprised in the currently scheduled transport block. determining, by the terminal device, a number of code blocks comprised in the currently scheduled transport block according to the second quantity information; characterized in that the method further comprises determining, by the terminal device, a smaller one of the maximum number of code block groups that a transport block can be divided into and the number of the code blocks comprised in the currently scheduled transport block as the number of the code block groups comprised in the currently scheduled transport block.