A heat treatment method for strength of 28CrMoNiV steel capable of improving an industrial steam turbine rotor forge piece. The technology comprises the steps that (1), a normalizing and tempering manner is adopted in a preparation heat treatment technology and is used for refining crystalline grains and improving a material internal tissue, residual stress is reduced, and the good foundation is laid for conditioning heat treatment; a ladder heating manner is adopted in heating of normalizing and quenching, and fast heating is avoided; in the rising process, if the heating speed is too high, residual stress obtained after quenching is overlapped, and the problems that the defect of the forge piece is expanded, and even, the forge piece is cracked are possibly caused; in a quenching cooling process, a water quenching oil cooling manner is adopted, the cooling speed of a workpiece in the high-temperature stage is improved, and meanwhile, the cooling speed of a Martensite transition zone is reduced; in the water cooling initial stage, the workpiece vertically moves in a front-and-back manner in water, the quenching effect of the workpiece is fully ensured, and meanwhile, the structural stress and heat stress are reduced; in the medium heat treatment, the tempering temperature is properly reduced, impact toughness is ensured, and meanwhile, the strength of the force piece is improved.