Abstract: An embodiment of the present application provides a method for extracting chart information in a file performed by an electronic device. The method comprises: inputting a file which includes a to-be-identified page into the electronic device; parsing by the electronic device underlying data stored in the to-be-identified page, combining the underlying data into a data block according to a behavior identifier in the underlying data; extracting by the electronic device a graphic object and a word object from the data block respectively, obtaining location information of the word object and of the graphic object in the to-be-identified page; identifying a chart area in the to-be-identified page according to the graphic object and the word object; and performing on the electronic device data fusion on the word object and the graphic object in the chart area to obtain chart information contained in the chart area.