Control connection establishment method and apparatus

The present invention provides a control connection establishment method and an apparatus. A TV remote control, having a near field communication function, is configured to determine whether there is provided key values of a set top box in the received information of the set top box or not, when receiving the information of the set top box sent by the set top box having the near field communication function; if it is determined that there is provided the key values of the set top box in the received information of the set top box, the received information of the set top box is matched with the locally stored information of the set top box; and if the matching is successful, the establishment of the control connection with the set top box is completed. According to the technical scheme of the invention, the establishment of the control connection between the TV remote control and the set top box are easily, conveniently and quickly completed.