diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFChart.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFChart.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7df6ec69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFChart.java
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/* ====================================================================
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+==================================================================== */
+
+package org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel;
+
+import static org.apache.poi.POIXMLTypeLoader.DEFAULT_XML_OPTIONS;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.apache.poi.POIXMLDocumentPart;
+import org.apache.poi.POIXMLException;
+import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.OPCPackage;
+import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.PackagePart;
+import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.PackageRelationship;
+import org.apache.poi.util.Beta;
+import org.apache.poi.util.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.poi.util.Internal;
+import org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException;
+import org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions;
+import org.openxmlformats.schemas.drawingml.x2006.chart.CTChart;
+import org.openxmlformats.schemas.drawingml.x2006.chart.CTChartSpace;
+import org.openxmlformats.schemas.drawingml.x2006.chart.ChartSpaceDocument;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a Chart in a .docx file
+ */
+@Beta
+public class XWPFChart extends POIXMLDocumentPart {
+
+    /**
+     * Root element of the Chart part
+     */
+    private final CTChartSpace chartSpace;
+
+    /**
+     * The Chart within that
+     */
+    private final CTChart chart;
+
+    // lazy initialization
+    private Long checksum;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a chart from a package part.
+     *
+     * @param part the package part holding the chart data,
+     * the content type must be <code>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.drawingml.chart+xml</code>
+     * 
+     * @since POI 4.0.0
+     */
+    protected XWPFChart(PackagePart part) throws IOException, XmlException {
+        super(part);
+
+        chartSpace = ChartSpaceDocument.Factory.parse(part.getInputStream(), DEFAULT_XML_OPTIONS).getChartSpace(); 
+        chart = chartSpace.getChart();
+    }
+      
+    @Override
+    protected void onDocumentRead() throws IOException {
+        super.onDocumentRead();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the underlying CTChartSpace bean, the root element of the Chart part.
+     *
+     * @return the underlying CTChartSpace bean
+     */
+    @Internal
+    public CTChartSpace getCTChartSpace() {
+        return chartSpace;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the underlying CTChart bean, within the Chart Space
+     *
+     * @return the underlying CTChart bean
+     */
+    @Internal
+    public CTChart getCTChart() {
+        return chart;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void commit() throws IOException {
+        XmlOptions xmlOptions = new XmlOptions(DEFAULT_XML_OPTIONS);
+        xmlOptions.setSaveSyntheticDocumentElement(new QName(CTChartSpace.type.getName().getNamespaceURI(), "chartSpace", "c"));
+
+        try (OutputStream out = getPackagePart().getOutputStream()) {
+            chartSpace.save(out, xmlOptions);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public Long getChecksum() {
+        if (this.checksum == null) {
+            InputStream is = null;
+            byte[] data;
+            try {
+                is = getPackagePart().getInputStream();
+                data = IOUtils.toByteArray(is);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new POIXMLException(e);
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if (is != null) is.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw new POIXMLException(e);
+                }
+            }
+            this.checksum = IOUtils.calculateChecksum(data);
+        }
+        return this.checksum;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        /**
+         * In case two objects ARE equal, but its not the same instance, this
+         * implementation will always run through the whole
+         * byte-array-comparison before returning true. If this will turn into a
+         * performance issue, two possible approaches are available:<br>
+         * a) Use the checksum only and take the risk that two images might have
+         * the same CRC32 sum, although they are not the same.<br>
+         * b) Use a second (or third) checksum algorithm to minimise the chance
+         * that two images have the same checksums but are not equal (e.g.
+         * CRC32, MD5 and SHA-1 checksums, additionally compare the
+         * data-byte-array lengths).
+         */
+        if (obj == this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (obj == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!(obj instanceof XWPFChart)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+   
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return getChecksum().hashCode();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java
index 37f377d8f..e63b98995 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ public class XWPFDocument extends POIXMLDocument implements Document, IBody {
     protected XWPFFootnotes footnotes;
     private CTDocument1 ctDocument;
     private XWPFSettings settings;
+    protected final List<XWPFChart> charts = new ArrayList<>();
     /**
      * Keeps track on all id-values used in this document and included parts, like headers, footers, etc.
      */
@@ -220,6 +221,11 @@ public class XWPFDocument extends POIXMLDocument implements Document, IBody {
                     picData.onDocumentRead();
                     registerPackagePictureData(picData);
                     pictures.add(picData);
+                } else if (relation.equals(XWPFRelation.CHART.getRelation())) {
+                    //now we can use all methods to modify charts in XWPFDocument
+                    XWPFChart chartData = (XWPFChart) p;
+                    chartData.onDocumentRead();
+                    charts.add(chartData);
                 } else if (relation.equals(XWPFRelation.GLOSSARY_DOCUMENT.getRelation())) {
                     // We don't currently process the glossary itself
                     // Until we do, we do need to load the glossary child parts of it
@@ -323,6 +329,12 @@ public class XWPFDocument extends POIXMLDocument implements Document, IBody {
         return Collections.unmodifiableList(tables);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return list of XWPFCharts in this document
+     */
+    public List<XWPFChart> getCharts() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(charts);
+    }
     /**
      * @see org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.IBody#getTableArray(int)
      */
diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRelation.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRelation.java
index 9f628845e..f8da0c504 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRelation.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRelation.java
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ public final class XWPFRelation extends POIXMLRelation {
             "/word/theme/theme#.xml",
             null
     );
+    public static final XWPFRelation CHART = new XWPFRelation(
+            "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.drawingml.chart+xml",
+            "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/chart",
+            "/word/charts/chart#.xml",
+            XWPFChart.class
+    );
     public static final XWPFRelation HYPERLINK = new XWPFRelation(
             null,
             "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/hyperlink",
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/AllXWPFTests.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/AllXWPFTests.java
index e3311ff2f..00683b6ce 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/AllXWPFTests.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/AllXWPFTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.xwpf;
 
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.extractor.TestXWPFWordExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.model.TestXWPFHeaderFooterPolicy;
+import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.TestXWPFChart;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.TestXWPFDocument;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.TestXWPFHeader;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.TestXWPFHeadings;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import org.junit.runners.Suite;
 @Suite.SuiteClasses({
         TestXWPFBugs.class,
         org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.TestXWPFBugs.class,
+        TestXWPFChart.class,
         TestXWPFDocument.class,
         TestXWPFWordExtractor.class,
         TestXWPFHeaderFooterPolicy.class,
@@ -53,4 +55,4 @@ import org.junit.runners.Suite;
         TestPackageCorePropertiesGetKeywords.class
 })
 public final class AllXWPFTests {
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFChart.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFChart.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2afbf4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFChart.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/* ====================================================================
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+==================================================================== */
+
+package org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.poi.xwpf.XWPFTestDataSamples;
+import org.openxmlformats.schemas.drawingml.x2006.chart.CTChart;
+import org.openxmlformats.schemas.drawingml.x2006.chart.CTTitle;
+import org.openxmlformats.schemas.drawingml.x2006.chart.CTTx;
+import org.openxmlformats.schemas.drawingml.x2006.main.CTRegularTextRun;
+import org.openxmlformats.schemas.drawingml.x2006.main.CTTextBody;
+import org.openxmlformats.schemas.drawingml.x2006.main.CTTextParagraph;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class TestXWPFChart extends TestCase {
+
+    /**
+     * test method to check charts are null
+     *
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public void testRead() throws IOException
+    {
+        XWPFDocument sampleDoc = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("61745.docx");
+        List<XWPFChart> charts = sampleDoc.getCharts();
+        assertNotNull(charts);
+        assertEquals(2, charts.size());
+        assertNotNull(charts.get(0));
+        assertNotNull(charts.get(1));
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * test method to add chart title and check whether it's set
+     *
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public void testChartTitle() throws IOException
+    {
+        XWPFDocument sampleDoc = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("61745.docx");
+        List<XWPFChart> charts = sampleDoc.getCharts();
+        XWPFChart chart=charts.get(0);
+        CTChart ctChart = chart.getCTChart();
+        CTTitle title = ctChart.getTitle();
+        CTTx tx = title.addNewTx();
+        CTTextBody rich = tx.addNewRich();
+        rich.addNewBodyPr();
+        rich.addNewLstStyle();
+        CTTextParagraph p = rich.addNewP();
+        CTRegularTextRun r = p.addNewR();
+        r.addNewRPr();
+        r.setT("XWPF CHART");
+        assertEquals("XWPF CHART", chart.getCTChart().getTitle().getTx().getRich().getPArray(0).getRArray(0).getT().toString());
+    }
+    /**
+     * test method to check relationship
+     *
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public void testChartRelation() throws IOException
+    {
+        XWPFDocument sampleDoc = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("61745.docx");
+        List<XWPFChart> charts = sampleDoc.getCharts();
+        XWPFChart chart=charts.get(0);
+        assertEquals(XWPFRelation.CHART.getContentType(), chart.getPackagePart().getContentType().toString());
+        assertEquals("/word/document.xml", chart.getParent().getPackagePart().getPartName().toString());
+        assertEquals("/word/charts/chart1.xml", chart.getPackagePart().getPartName().toString());
+    }
+}
+
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