A method for fingerprint identification, comprising: acquiring a pressing region in which a finger performs a fingerprint pressing operation in a fingerprint capturing region of a display screen; and determining an illuminating region of the display screen using the pressing region, wherein light emitted by the display screen in the illuminating region is used for fingerprint identification of the finger which performs the fingerprint pressing, and the area of the illuminating region is smaller than the area of the fingerprint capturing region; wherein the determining the illuminating region of the display screen using the pressing region comprises: performing graphic fitting with the center point of the pressing region as a center and a long axis of the pressing region to obtain a circular region, and determining the circular region as the illuminating region; or performing graphic fitting with a center point of the pressing region as a center, a long axis of the pressing region and a short axis of the pressing region to obtain an elliptical region, that covers the pressing region, and determining the elliptical region as the illuminating region; wherein the pressing region is further used for selecting, by the fingerprint identification apparatus, fingerprint data in the pressing region from fingerprint data carried by a light signal captured in the fingerprint capturing region, wherein the fingerprint data in the pressing region is used for fingerprint identification by the fingerprint identification apparatus. acquiring a pressing region in which a finger performs a fingerprint pressing operation in a fingerprint capturing region of a display screen; and determining an illuminating region of the display screen using the pressing region, wherein light emitted by the display screen in the illuminating region is used for fingerprint identification of the finger which performs the fingerprint pressing, and the area of the illuminating region is smaller than the area of the fingerprint capturing region; wherein the determining the illuminating region of the display screen using the pressing region comprises: performing graphic fitting with the center point of the pressing region as a center and a long axis of the pressing region to obtain a circular region, and determining the circular region as the illuminating region; or performing graphic fitting with a center point of the pressing region as a center, a long axis of the pressing region and a short axis of the pressing region to obtain an elliptical region, that covers the pressing region, and determining the elliptical region as the illuminating region; wherein the pressing region is further used for selecting, by the fingerprint identification apparatus, fingerprint data in the pressing region from fingerprint data carried by a light signal captured in the fingerprint capturing region, wherein the fingerprint data in the pressing region is used for fingerprint identification by the fingerprint identification apparatus. performing graphic fitting with the center point of the pressing region as a center and a long axis of the pressing region to obtain a circular region, and determining the circular region as the illuminating region; or performing graphic fitting with a center point of the pressing region as a center, a long axis of the pressing region and a short axis of the pressing region to obtain an elliptical region, that covers the pressing region, and determining the elliptical region as the illuminating region; wherein the pressing region is further used for selecting, by the fingerprint identification apparatus, fingerprint data in the pressing region from fingerprint data carried by a light signal captured in the fingerprint capturing region, wherein the fingerprint data in the pressing region is used for fingerprint identification by the fingerprint identification apparatus.