A method for processing priority services, for providing priority services initiated from a network side to a target user, comprising: receiving, by a serving gateway, S-GW, an update bearer request message which is sent by a packet data network gateway, P-GW, and which comprises information indicating that a service to be carried out with a target user equipment, UE, is a priority service; determining, by the S-GW, that the service is the priority service according to the information indicating that the service to be carried out with the target UE is the priority service; creating, by the S-GW, a priority service bearer for the priority service; characterized in that the method also comprises: determining, by the S-GW, that the target UE is in an idle state according to stored state information of the target UE; and sending, by the S-GW, a downlink data notification message to a mobility management entity for the mobility management entity to send a first paging message to an eNB according to the downlink data notification message, wherein the downlink data notification message carries information indicating that the service is the priority service; wherein the step of creating the priority service bearer for the priority service comprises: updating, by the S-GW, an ordinary service bearer already created for the target user equipment to the priority service bearer corresponding to the priority service. receiving, by a serving gateway, S-GW, an update bearer request message which is sent by a packet data network gateway, P-GW, and which comprises information indicating that a service to be carried out with a target user equipment, UE, is a priority service; determining, by the S-GW, that the service is the priority service according to the information indicating that the service to be carried out with the target UE is the priority service; creating, by the S-GW, a priority service bearer for the priority service; characterized in that the method also comprises: determining, by the S-GW, that the target UE is in an idle state according to stored state information of the target UE; and sending, by the S-GW, a downlink data notification message to a mobility management entity for the mobility management entity to send a first paging message to an eNB according to the downlink data notification message, wherein the downlink data notification message carries information indicating that the service is the priority service; determining, by the S-GW, that the target UE is in an idle state according to stored state information of the target UE; and sending, by the S-GW, a downlink data notification message to a mobility management entity for the mobility management entity to send a first paging message to an eNB according to the downlink data notification message, wherein the downlink data notification message carries information indicating that the service is the priority service; wherein the step of creating the priority service bearer for the priority service comprises: updating, by the S-GW, an ordinary service bearer already created for the target user equipment to the priority service bearer corresponding to the priority service. updating, by the S-GW, an ordinary service bearer already created for the target user equipment to the priority service bearer corresponding to the priority service.