ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS

This application discloses an access control method. The method includes: an electronic device sends a sign-in request to enable a management party device to learn that the electronic device has entered a specific environment. The management party device selects one access policy from one or more stored access policies based on one or more of the following: restriction levels for the specific environment, restriction categories for functions of electronic devices in the specific environment, a device type or a login user of an electronic device, a time point at which the management party device receives the sign-in request, or an area in which the electronic device is located in the specific environment, and sends the access policy to the electronic device, to restrict a function of the electronic device. In this way, the electronic device can directly obtain the access policy corresponding to the specific environment without performing complex operations. The management party device may send different access policies for different electronic devices, to improve a management and monitoring effect of the management party on the electronic device carried by a user.