To provide a method for producing chemically tempered glass, whereby the chemical tempering can be done at a low temperature and in a short time. A method for producing chemically tempered glass, which comprises chemically tempering glass for chemical tempering, comprising, as represented by mole percentage based on the following oxides, from 60 to 75% of SiO2, from 5 to 15% of Al2O3, from 1 to 12% of MgO, from 0 to 3% of CaO, from 0 to 3% of ZrO2, from 10 to 20% of Li2O, from 0 to 8% of Na2O and from 0 to 5% of K2O, and having a total content R2O of Li2O, Na2O and K2O of at most 25%, and a ratio Li2O/R2O of the Li2O content to R2O of from 0.5 to 1.0.