The invention relates to the technical field of smart home and in particular provides a method for remotely controlling an electrical appliance by using a mobile communication terminal. The method comprises the following steps of: inputting a control command into the mobile communication terminal, wherein the control command comprises a control code and an address code of the controlled electrical appliance; directly sending the control command to a network host in a
wireless signal mode, or sending the control command to the network host through an intermediate
server of an external network, wherein the network host is positioned in a building, and the electrical appliance is near to the building or also positioned in the building; sending the control command to an electrical appliance control module which corresponds to the electrical appliance according to the address code by the network host; and regulating the using state of the electrical appliance by the electrical appliance control module. By adoption of the method, a function of remotely controlling all electrical appliances by using the mobile communication terminal is realized, the control command is low in
data capacity, data can be quickly transmitted and converted, and the quantity of controls and the quantity of the controlled electrical appliances can be infinitely increased.