Display module and display apparatus

A display module, comprising a display panel and a light control panel which are stacked together, wherein the light control panel is provided with a dimming area and a peripheral area surrounding the dimming area;

• the light control panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, and a first liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate,
• wherein the first substrate comprises:
• a first base substrate;
• and
• a signal transmission line, which is on a side of the first base substrate close to the first liquid crystal layer and is in the peripheral area,
• the second substrate comprises:
• a second base substrate;
• and
• a first black matrix layer, which is on a side of the second base substrate close to the first liquid crystal layer and is in the dimming area and the peripheral area,
• wherein the first black matrix layer is provided with a slot in the peripheral area, and an orthographic projection of at least a part of the slot on the first base substrate is on a side of an orthographic projection of the signal transmission line on the first base substrate, close to the dimming area,
• wherein the first substrate further comprises a signal connecting line on the first base substrate;
• the signal connecting line comprises a first signal sub-line and a second signal sub-line which are electrically connected together and in different layers;
• a connecting position between the first signal sub-line and the second signal sub-line is in the peripheral area;
• and the slot at a position corresponding to the connecting position between the first signal sub-line and the second signal sub-line is formed with a protrusion, so that an orthographic projection of the slot on the first base substrate does not overlap an orthographic projection of the connecting position between the first signal sub-line and the second signal sub-line on the first base substrate.