The invention discloses a method for preparing high-specific-surface-area porous carbon with hemp stems as a carbon source, and belongs to the field of nano-carbon material preparing. According to the method, the agricultural waste hemp stems serve as the carbon source, and the method aims at solving the problem that existing hemp stem active carbon is low in specific surface area. The method includes the following steps that 1, hemp stem cores are pretreated into powder, and the hemp stem core power is obtained; 2, the hemp stem core powder obtained in the step 1 is added into a compounded catalyst solution, stirred under the condition of 80-100 DEG C till water is evaporated to be dry and dried, and a compound precursor is obtained; 3, the compound precursor prepared in the step 2 is subjected to high-temperature carbonization heat treatment in the inert gas atmosphere environment; 4, then acid cleaning is carried out, a product is centrifugally separated, then washed with water to be neutral and dried, and the porous carbon is obtained. The method has the advantages that cost is low, the technology is simple, and the high-specific-surface-area porous carbon can be prepared; the high-specific-surface-area porous carbon is used as a hydrogen storage material, a catalyst carrier, an electrode material and the like.