Method and system for processing terminal trigger message

The invention discloses a method and system for processing a terminal trigger message. The method comprises that a control network element of a core network receives and stores the trigger message sent by a machine type communication server to a terminal, and removes the trigger message before a terminal trigger message effective timer expires. The control network element in the scheme timely removes the trigger message of the terminal before the terminal trigger message effective timer expires, so that network storage resources are saved.