The invention relates to alloy steel for a high-pressure container. The alloy steel comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 0.27 to 0.33 percent of C, 0.60 to 1.00 percent of Mn, 1.40 to 1.70 percent of Si, less than or equal to 0.003 percent of S, less than or equal to 0.006 percent of P, 0.80 to 1.20 percent of Cr, 0.30 to 0.50 percent of Mo, 0.10 to 0.15 percent of V and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the total content of impurity elements and gas, namely, S+P+H+O+N is less than or equal to 100 ppm. In the smelting process of the invention, the form of electric furnace or electric furnace and electroslag remelting is replaced by the form of vacuum induction furnace and consumable electrode vacuum furnace, so that the problem of low toughness, particularly low fracture toughness caused by the low impurity of an original type of steel; in a processing procedure, high-speed forging or steam hammering of which the processing ratio is more than 5 is replaced by high-speed forging and radial forging of which the processing ratio is more than 10, so that the problems of non-uniform grain size and structure caused by non-uniform forging of the original type of steel are solved; and in a thermal refining process, the form of quenching and high temperature tempering is replaced by the form of quenching and low temperature tempering, and the sorbite structure of the original type of steel is replaced by a martensite structure, so that the problem of insufficient intensity is solved.