The invention discloses a welding joint and technique for a longitudinal seam and a circumferential seam of a medium-thick plate. The welding technique for the longitudinal seam and the circumferential seam of the medium-thick plate comprises the following steps that a groove inside the plate is machined; then, the surface and the two sides of the groove are cleaned; a priming layer, a filling layer and a surface covering layer of the internal groove are welded in a submerged-arc welding mode; then mechanical back chipping is conducted, and the back-chipped groove is detected nondestructively; and finally, a priming layer, a filling layer and a surface covering layer of an external groove are welded in a submerged-arc welding mode. By optimizing the groove type, the welding material filling amount is decreased, and the welding efficiency is improved; groove machining and welded seam back chipping are conducted through mechanical back chipping, base material hardening caused by rapid heating and cooling through carbon arc air gouging back chipping is avoided, the carburization phenomenon on the two sides of the groove of a stainless steel material is avoided, secondary polishing caused by using of a polishing machine is avoided, the back chipping efficiency is improved by about 50%, the labor intensity of workers is greatly reduced, the air environment is improved, and the welding quality of a cylinder is improved.