diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/executor.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/executor.cc
index 179f9194a9dec07489871606f39569b0a67b2c52..ebfd54fdc557148dda81ba5e4936c0cd5f23a887 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/executor.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/executor.cc
@@ -36,24 +36,24 @@ namespace framework {
 
 Executor::Executor(const platform::Place& place) : place_(place) {}
 
-static void CreateTensor(Variable* var, proto::VarDesc::VarType var_type) {
-  if (var_type == proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR) {
+static void CreateTensor(Variable* var, proto::VarType::Type var_type) {
+  if (var_type == proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR) {
     var->GetMutable<LoDTensor>();
-  } else if (var_type == proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS) {
+  } else if (var_type == proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS) {
     var->GetMutable<SelectedRows>();
-  } else if (var_type == proto::VarDesc::FEED_MINIBATCH) {
+  } else if (var_type == proto::VarType::FEED_MINIBATCH) {
     var->GetMutable<FeedFetchList>();
-  } else if (var_type == proto::VarDesc::FETCH_LIST) {
+  } else if (var_type == proto::VarType::FETCH_LIST) {
     var->GetMutable<FeedFetchList>();
-  } else if (var_type == proto::VarDesc::STEP_SCOPES) {
+  } else if (var_type == proto::VarType::STEP_SCOPES) {
     var->GetMutable<std::vector<framework::Scope>>();
-  } else if (var_type == proto::VarDesc::LOD_RANK_TABLE) {
+  } else if (var_type == proto::VarType::LOD_RANK_TABLE) {
     var->GetMutable<LoDRankTable>();
-  } else if (var_type == proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY) {
+  } else if (var_type == proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY) {
     var->GetMutable<LoDTensorArray>();
-  } else if (var_type == proto::VarDesc::PLACE_LIST) {
+  } else if (var_type == proto::VarType::PLACE_LIST) {
     var->GetMutable<platform::PlaceList>();
-  } else if (var_type == proto::VarDesc::READER) {
+  } else if (var_type == proto::VarType::READER) {
     var->GetMutable<ReaderHolder>();
   } else {
     PADDLE_THROW(
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static bool has_feed_operators(
     auto var = block->FindVar(feed_holder_name);
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(var, "Block should already have a '%s' variable",
                             feed_holder_name);
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(var->GetType(), proto::VarDesc::FEED_MINIBATCH,
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(var->GetType(), proto::VarType::FEED_MINIBATCH,
                       "'%s' variable should be 'FEED_MINIBATCH' type",
                       feed_holder_name);
   }
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static bool has_fetch_operators(
     auto var = block->FindVar(fetch_holder_name);
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(var, "Block should already have a '%s' variable",
                             fetch_holder_name);
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(var->GetType(), proto::VarDesc::FETCH_LIST,
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(var->GetType(), proto::VarType::FETCH_LIST,
                       "'%s' variable should be 'FETCH_LIST' type",
                       fetch_holder_name);
   }
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ void Executor::Run(const ProgramDesc& program, Scope* scope,
   if (!has_feed_operators(global_block, feed_targets, feed_holder_name)) {
     // create feed_holder variable
     auto* feed_holder = global_block->Var(feed_holder_name);
-    feed_holder->SetType(proto::VarDesc::FEED_MINIBATCH);
+    feed_holder->SetType(proto::VarType::FEED_MINIBATCH);
     feed_holder->SetPersistable(true);
 
     int i = 0;
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void Executor::Run(const ProgramDesc& program, Scope* scope,
   if (!has_fetch_operators(global_block, fetch_targets, fetch_holder_name)) {
     // create fetch_holder variable
     auto* fetch_holder = global_block->Var(fetch_holder_name);
-    fetch_holder->SetType(proto::VarDesc::FETCH_LIST);
+    fetch_holder->SetType(proto::VarType::FETCH_LIST);
     fetch_holder->SetPersistable(true);
 
     int i = 0;
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/framework.proto b/paddle/fluid/framework/framework.proto
index ad8da21ae0f1df0ede4dba6c9564a506ee8463db..fa7f437851141e99e2c33a854e316e3ed2bedadc 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/framework.proto
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/framework.proto
@@ -101,25 +101,8 @@ enum DataType {
   FP64 = 6;
 }
 
-message TensorDesc {
-  required DataType data_type = 1;
-  repeated int64 dims = 2; // [UNK, 640, 480] is saved as [-1, 640, 480]
-}
-
-message LoDTensorDesc {
-  required TensorDesc tensor = 1;
-  optional int32 lod_level = 2 [ default = 0 ];
-}
-
-message LoDTensorArrayDesc {
-  required TensorDesc tensor = 1;
-  optional int32 lod_level = 2 [ default = 0 ];
-}
-
-message ReaderDesc { repeated LoDTensorDesc lod_tensor = 1; }
-
-message VarDesc {
-  enum VarType {
+message VarType {
+  enum Type {
     LOD_TENSOR = 1;
     SELECTED_ROWS = 2;
     FEED_MINIBATCH = 3;
@@ -130,13 +113,35 @@ message VarDesc {
     PLACE_LIST = 8;
     READER = 9;
   }
+
+  required Type type = 1;
+
+  message TensorDesc {
+    required DataType data_type = 1;
+    repeated int64 dims = 2; // [UNK, 640, 480] is saved as [-1, 640, 480]
+  }
+  optional TensorDesc selected_rows = 2;
+
+  message LoDTensorDesc {
+    required TensorDesc tensor = 1;
+    optional int32 lod_level = 2 [ default = 0 ];
+  }
+  optional LoDTensorDesc lod_tensor = 3;
+
+  message LoDTensorArrayDesc {
+    required TensorDesc tensor = 1;
+    optional int32 lod_level = 2 [ default = 0 ];
+  }
+  optional LoDTensorArrayDesc tensor_array = 4;
+
+  message ReaderDesc { repeated LoDTensorDesc lod_tensor = 1; }
+  optional ReaderDesc reader = 5;
+}
+
+message VarDesc {
   required string name = 1;
   required VarType type = 2;
   optional bool persistable = 3 [ default = false ];
-  optional LoDTensorDesc lod_tensor = 4;
-  optional TensorDesc selected_rows = 5;
-  optional LoDTensorArrayDesc tensor_array = 6;
-  optional ReaderDesc reader = 7;
 }
 
 message BlockDesc {
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/op_desc.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/op_desc.cc
index e740010c63ce339527fcf58ebbdff0441fdf1467..eabfdc11a8b314c4af9626ded3edd1bcba212de1 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/op_desc.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/op_desc.cc
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ class CompileTimeInferShapeContext : public InferShapeContext {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(j, Outputs(out).size());
     auto *in_var = block_.FindVarRecursive(Inputs(in)[i]);
     auto *out_var = block_.FindVarRecursive(Outputs(out)[j]);
-    if (in_var->GetType() != proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR) {
+    if (in_var->GetType() != proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR) {
       VLOG(3) << "input " << in << " is not LodTensor";
       return;
     }
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(in_var->GetType(), proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR,
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(in_var->GetType(), proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR,
                       "The %d-th output of Output(%s) must be LoDTensor.", j,
                       out);
     out_var->SetLoDLevel(in_var->GetLoDLevel());
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class CompileTimeInferShapeContext : public InferShapeContext {
   bool IsRuntime() const override;
 
  protected:
-  proto::VarDesc::VarType GetVarType(const std::string &name) const override;
+  proto::VarType::Type GetVarType(const std::string &name) const override;
 
   DDim GetDim(const std::string &name) const override;
 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ void OpDesc::InferVarType(BlockDesc *block) const {
     for (auto &out_pair : this->outputs_) {
       for (auto &out_var_name : out_pair.second) {
         block->FindRecursiveOrCreateVar(out_var_name)
-            .SetType(proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR);
+            .SetType(proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ void CompileTimeInferShapeContext::SetRepeatedDims(
 
 bool CompileTimeInferShapeContext::IsRuntime() const { return false; }
 
-proto::VarDesc::VarType CompileTimeInferShapeContext::GetVarType(
+proto::VarType::Type CompileTimeInferShapeContext::GetVarType(
     const std::string &name) const {
   return block_.FindVarRecursive(name)->GetType();
 }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc
index bc529b8269a89c791eab1de816cb513e6084d8b8..ff90aba10baf734db4412b7b31f89dda8dbf7667 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ class RuntimeInferShapeContext : public InferShapeContext {
     }
   }
 
-  proto::VarDesc::VarType GetVarType(const std::string& name) const override {
+  proto::VarType::Type GetVarType(const std::string& name) const override {
     auto* var = scope_.FindVar(name);
     return ToVarType(var->Type());
   }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/program_desc_test.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/program_desc_test.cc
index 3a4a87cfa5a0675ecdb84ed6843970cfff0b71b6..d9c4331da1d8a8a1091073b9654d6f785a27c78e 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/program_desc_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/program_desc_test.cc
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ TEST(ProgramDesc, copy_ctor) {
   ProgramDesc program;
   auto* global_block = program.MutableBlock(0);
   auto* x = global_block->Var("X");
-  x->SetType(proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR);
+  x->SetType(proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
   x->SetLoDLevel(0);
   x->SetDataType(proto::FP32);
   x->SetShape({1000, 784});
 
   auto* y = global_block->Var("Y");
-  y->SetType(proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR);
+  y->SetType(proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
   y->SetLoDLevel(0);
   y->SetDataType(proto::FP32);
   y->SetShape({784, 100});
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ TEST(ProgramDesc, copy_ctor) {
   op->SetInput("Y", {y->Name()});
 
   auto* out = global_block->Var("Out");
-  out->SetType(proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR);
+  out->SetType(proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
   op->SetOutput("Y", {out->Name()});
 
   ProgramDesc program_copy(program);
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ TEST(ProgramDescBind, serialize_and_deserialize) {
   ProgramDesc program_origin;
   auto* global_block = program_origin.MutableBlock(0);
   auto* x = global_block->Var("X");
-  x->SetType(proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR);
+  x->SetType(proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
   x->SetLoDLevel(0);
   x->SetDataType(proto::FP32);
   x->SetShape({1000, 784});
 
   auto* y = global_block->Var("Y");
-  y->SetType(proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR);
+  y->SetType(proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
   y->SetLoDLevel(0);
   y->SetDataType(proto::FP32);
   y->SetShape({784, 100});
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ TEST(ProgramDescBind, serialize_and_deserialize) {
   op->SetInput("Y", {y->Name()});
 
   auto* out = global_block->Var("Out");
-  out->SetType(proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR);
+  out->SetType(proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
   op->SetOutput("Y", {out->Name()});
 
   std::string binary_str;
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/shape_inference.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/shape_inference.cc
index 1b518970acd16384bf7e19c9c8c17874171ad962..dc9a79020f103dadfd9837cffb18ad5946f95f31 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/shape_inference.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/shape_inference.cc
@@ -116,19 +116,19 @@ void InferShapeContext::SetDims(const std::vector<std::string> &names,
   }
 }
 
-std::vector<proto::VarDesc::VarType> InferShapeContext::GetInputsVarType(
+std::vector<proto::VarType::Type> InferShapeContext::GetInputsVarType(
     const std::string &name) const {
   return GetVarTypes(Inputs(name));
 }
 
-std::vector<proto::VarDesc::VarType> InferShapeContext::GetOutputsVarType(
+std::vector<proto::VarType::Type> InferShapeContext::GetOutputsVarType(
     const std::string &name) const {
   return GetVarTypes(Outputs(name));
 }
 
-std::vector<proto::VarDesc::VarType> InferShapeContext::GetVarTypes(
+std::vector<proto::VarType::Type> InferShapeContext::GetVarTypes(
     const std::vector<std::string> &names) const {
-  std::vector<proto::VarDesc::VarType> retv;
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::Type> retv;
   retv.resize(names.size());
   std::transform(names.begin(), names.end(), retv.begin(),
                  std::bind(std::mem_fn(&InferShapeContext::GetVarType), this,
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/shape_inference.h b/paddle/fluid/framework/shape_inference.h
index 3739d640fe981bd174f7955bbdf61d72ffebe738..bc02d700da5186cea5f370b9676e408f62a66a68 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/shape_inference.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/shape_inference.h
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ class InferShapeContext {
   virtual bool HasInput(const std::string &name) const = 0;
   virtual bool HasOutput(const std::string &name) const = 0;
 
-  std::vector<proto::VarDesc::VarType> GetInputsVarType(
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::Type> GetInputsVarType(
       const std::string &name) const;
-  std::vector<proto::VarDesc::VarType> GetOutputsVarType(
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::Type> GetOutputsVarType(
       const std::string &name) const;
 
   virtual bool HasInputs(const std::string &name) const = 0;
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ class InferShapeContext {
 
   std::vector<DDim> GetDims(const std::vector<std::string> &names) const;
 
-  std::vector<proto::VarDesc::VarType> GetVarTypes(
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::Type> GetVarTypes(
       const std::vector<std::string> &names) const;
 
-  virtual proto::VarDesc::VarType GetVarType(const std::string &name) const = 0;
+  virtual proto::VarType::Type GetVarType(const std::string &name) const = 0;
 
   virtual InferShapeVarPtr GetVarPtr(const std::string &name) = 0;
 };
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.h b/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.h
index 22519013cc463c46a03dd02be3f90e6ea0012689..f0464d480785a5c27ba8386165a8a0093ff0ed38 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.h
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ inline void SerializeToStream(std::ostream& os, const Tensor& tensor,
   {  // the 2nd field, tensor description
      // int32_t  size
      // void*    protobuf message
-    proto::TensorDesc desc;
+    proto::VarType::TensorDesc desc;
     desc.set_data_type(framework::ToDataType(tensor.type()));
     auto dims = framework::vectorize(tensor.dims());
     auto* pb_dims = desc.mutable_dims();
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ inline void DeserializeFromStream(std::istream& is, Tensor* tensor,
   uint32_t version;
   is.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&version), sizeof(version));
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(version, 0U, "Only version 0 is supported");
-  proto::TensorDesc desc;
+  proto::VarType::TensorDesc desc;
   {  // int32_t size
      // proto buffer
     int32_t size;
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/var_desc.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/var_desc.cc
index eb881469697e1d5b44479c53091a37f8b18e4ab9..bb2be1ab50a59c23551c6f150beb33a1d2b4a5a7 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/var_desc.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/var_desc.cc
@@ -18,18 +18,21 @@ limitations under the License. */
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
 
-proto::VarDesc::VarType VarDesc::GetType() const { return desc_.type(); }
+proto::VarType::Type VarDesc::GetType() const { return desc_.type().type(); }
 
-void VarDesc::SetType(proto::VarDesc::VarType type) { desc_.set_type(type); }
+void VarDesc::SetType(proto::VarType::Type type) {
+  desc_.mutable_type()->set_type(type);
+}
 
 void VarDesc::SetShape(const std::vector<int64_t> &dims) {
   VectorToRepeated(dims, mutable_tensor_desc()->mutable_dims());
 }
 
 void VarDesc::SetTensorDescNum(size_t num) {
-  switch (desc_.type()) {
-    case proto::VarDesc::READER: {
-      auto *lod_tensors_ptr = desc_.mutable_reader()->mutable_lod_tensor();
+  switch (desc_.type().type()) {
+    case proto::VarType::READER: {
+      auto *lod_tensors_ptr =
+          desc_.mutable_type()->mutable_reader()->mutable_lod_tensor();
       lod_tensors_ptr->Clear();
       for (size_t i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
         lod_tensors_ptr->Add();
@@ -44,9 +47,9 @@ void VarDesc::SetTensorDescNum(size_t num) {
 }
 
 size_t VarDesc::GetTensorDescNum() const {
-  switch (desc_.type()) {
-    case proto::VarDesc::READER:
-      return desc_.reader().lod_tensor_size();
+  switch (desc_.type().type()) {
+    case proto::VarType::READER:
+      return desc_.type().reader().lod_tensor_size();
       break;
     default:
       PADDLE_THROW(
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ void VarDesc::SetShapes(
             << "). The Reader is going to be reinitialized.";
     SetTensorDescNum(multiple_dims.size());
   }
-  std::vector<proto::TensorDesc *> tensors = mutable_tensor_descs();
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::TensorDesc *> tensors = mutable_tensor_descs();
   for (size_t i = 0; i < multiple_dims.size(); ++i) {
     VectorToRepeated(multiple_dims[i], tensors[i]->mutable_dims());
   }
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ std::vector<int64_t> VarDesc::GetShape() const {
 }
 
 std::vector<std::vector<int64_t>> VarDesc::GetShapes() const {
-  std::vector<proto::TensorDesc> descs = tensor_descs();
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::TensorDesc> descs = tensor_descs();
   std::vector<std::vector<int64_t>> res;
   res.reserve(descs.size());
   for (const auto &tensor_desc : descs) {
@@ -98,7 +101,8 @@ void VarDesc::SetDataTypes(
             << "). The Reader is going to be reinitialized.";
     SetTensorDescNum(multiple_data_type.size());
   }
-  std::vector<proto::TensorDesc *> tensor_descs = mutable_tensor_descs();
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::TensorDesc *> tensor_descs =
+      mutable_tensor_descs();
   for (size_t i = 0; i < multiple_data_type.size(); ++i) {
     tensor_descs[i]->set_data_type(multiple_data_type[i]);
   }
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ proto::DataType VarDesc::GetDataType() const {
 }
 
 std::vector<proto::DataType> VarDesc::GetDataTypes() const {
-  std::vector<proto::TensorDesc> descs = tensor_descs();
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::TensorDesc> descs = tensor_descs();
   std::vector<proto::DataType> res;
   res.reserve(descs.size());
   for (const auto &tensor_desc : descs) {
@@ -119,12 +123,12 @@ std::vector<proto::DataType> VarDesc::GetDataTypes() const {
 }
 
 void VarDesc::SetLoDLevel(int32_t lod_level) {
-  switch (desc_.type()) {
-    case proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR:
-      desc_.mutable_lod_tensor()->set_lod_level(lod_level);
+  switch (desc_.type().type()) {
+    case proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR:
+      desc_.mutable_type()->mutable_lod_tensor()->set_lod_level(lod_level);
       break;
-    case proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY:
-      desc_.mutable_tensor_array()->set_lod_level(lod_level);
+    case proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY:
+      desc_.mutable_type()->mutable_tensor_array()->set_lod_level(lod_level);
       break;
     default:
       PADDLE_THROW(
@@ -142,10 +146,11 @@ void VarDesc::SetLoDLevels(const std::vector<int32_t> &multiple_lod_level) {
             << "). The Reader is going to be reinitialized.";
     SetTensorDescNum(multiple_lod_level.size());
   }
-  switch (desc_.type()) {
-    case proto::VarDesc::READER: {
+  switch (desc_.type().type()) {
+    case proto::VarType::READER: {
       size_t i = 0;
-      for (auto &lod_tensor : *desc_.mutable_reader()->mutable_lod_tensor()) {
+      for (auto &lod_tensor :
+           *desc_.mutable_type()->mutable_reader()->mutable_lod_tensor()) {
         lod_tensor.set_lod_level(multiple_lod_level[i++]);
       }
     } break;
@@ -157,11 +162,11 @@ void VarDesc::SetLoDLevels(const std::vector<int32_t> &multiple_lod_level) {
 }
 
 int32_t VarDesc::GetLoDLevel() const {
-  switch (desc_.type()) {
-    case proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR:
-      return desc_.lod_tensor().lod_level();
-    case proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY:
-      return desc_.tensor_array().lod_level();
+  switch (desc_.type().type()) {
+    case proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR:
+      return desc_.type().lod_tensor().lod_level();
+    case proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY:
+      return desc_.type().tensor_array().lod_level();
     default:
       PADDLE_THROW(
           "Getting 'lod_level' is not supported by the type of var %s.",
@@ -171,10 +176,10 @@ int32_t VarDesc::GetLoDLevel() const {
 
 std::vector<int32_t> VarDesc::GetLoDLevels() const {
   std::vector<int32_t> res;
-  switch (desc_.type()) {
-    case proto::VarDesc::READER:
-      res.reserve(desc_.reader().lod_tensor_size());
-      for (auto &lod_tensor : desc_.reader().lod_tensor()) {
+  switch (desc_.type().type()) {
+    case proto::VarType::READER:
+      res.reserve(desc_.type().reader().lod_tensor_size());
+      for (auto &lod_tensor : desc_.type().reader().lod_tensor()) {
         res.push_back(lod_tensor.lod_level());
       }
       return res;
@@ -186,15 +191,16 @@ std::vector<int32_t> VarDesc::GetLoDLevels() const {
   }
 }
 
-const proto::TensorDesc &VarDesc::tensor_desc() const {
+const proto::VarType::TensorDesc &VarDesc::tensor_desc() const {
   PADDLE_ENFORCE(desc_.has_type(), "The var's type hasn't been set.");
-  switch (desc_.type()) {
-    case proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS:
-      return desc_.selected_rows();
-    case proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR:
-      return desc_.lod_tensor().tensor();
-    case proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY:
-      return desc_.tensor_array().tensor();
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(desc_.type().has_type(), "The var type hasn't been set.");
+  switch (desc_.type().type()) {
+    case proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS:
+      return desc_.type().selected_rows();
+    case proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR:
+      return desc_.type().lod_tensor().tensor();
+    case proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY:
+      return desc_.type().tensor_array().tensor();
     default:
       PADDLE_THROW(
           "Getting 'tensor_desc' is not supported by the type of var %s.",
@@ -202,13 +208,13 @@ const proto::TensorDesc &VarDesc::tensor_desc() const {
   }
 }
 
-std::vector<proto::TensorDesc> VarDesc::tensor_descs() const {
+std::vector<proto::VarType::TensorDesc> VarDesc::tensor_descs() const {
   PADDLE_ENFORCE(desc_.has_type(), "The var type hasn't been set.");
-  std::vector<proto::TensorDesc> res;
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::TensorDesc> res;
   res.reserve(GetTensorDescNum());
-  switch (desc_.type()) {
-    case proto::VarDesc::READER:
-      for (const auto &lod_tensor : desc_.reader().lod_tensor()) {
+  switch (desc_.type().type()) {
+    case proto::VarType::READER:
+      for (const auto &lod_tensor : desc_.type().reader().lod_tensor()) {
         res.push_back(lod_tensor.tensor());
       }
       return res;
@@ -220,15 +226,16 @@ std::vector<proto::TensorDesc> VarDesc::tensor_descs() const {
   }
 }
 
-proto::TensorDesc *VarDesc::mutable_tensor_desc() {
+proto::VarType::TensorDesc *VarDesc::mutable_tensor_desc() {
   PADDLE_ENFORCE(desc_.has_type(), "The var type hasn't been set.");
-  switch (desc_.type()) {
-    case proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS:
-      return desc_.mutable_selected_rows();
-    case proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR:
-      return desc_.mutable_lod_tensor()->mutable_tensor();
-    case proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY:
-      return desc_.mutable_tensor_array()->mutable_tensor();
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(desc_.type().has_type(), "The var type hasn't been set.");
+  switch (desc_.type().type()) {
+    case proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS:
+      return desc_.mutable_type()->mutable_selected_rows();
+    case proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR:
+      return desc_.mutable_type()->mutable_lod_tensor()->mutable_tensor();
+    case proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY:
+      return desc_.mutable_type()->mutable_tensor_array()->mutable_tensor();
     default:
       PADDLE_THROW(
           "Getting 'mutable_tensor_desc' is not supported by the type of var "
@@ -237,13 +244,15 @@ proto::TensorDesc *VarDesc::mutable_tensor_desc() {
   }
 }
 
-std::vector<proto::TensorDesc *> VarDesc::mutable_tensor_descs() {
+std::vector<proto::VarType::TensorDesc *> VarDesc::mutable_tensor_descs() {
   PADDLE_ENFORCE(desc_.has_type(), "The var type hasn't been set.");
-  std::vector<proto::TensorDesc *> res;
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(desc_.type().has_type(), "The var type hasn't been set.");
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::TensorDesc *> res;
   res.reserve(GetTensorDescNum());
-  switch (desc_.type()) {
-    case proto::VarDesc::READER:
-      for (auto &lod_tensor : *desc_.mutable_reader()->mutable_lod_tensor()) {
+  switch (desc_.type().type()) {
+    case proto::VarType::READER:
+      for (auto &lod_tensor :
+           *desc_.mutable_type()->mutable_reader()->mutable_lod_tensor()) {
         res.push_back(lod_tensor.mutable_tensor());
       }
       return res;
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/var_desc.h b/paddle/fluid/framework/var_desc.h
index b272e5063e1543880affae6c9bb0a9aa5911d42d..013ba446b9463ce96608bb1f2b15499a3c96fec9 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/var_desc.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/var_desc.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class VarDesc {
  public:
   explicit VarDesc(const std::string &name) {
     desc_.set_name(name);
-    desc_.set_type(proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR);
+    desc_.mutable_type()->set_type(proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
   }
 
   explicit VarDesc(const proto::VarDesc &desc) : desc_(desc) {}
@@ -96,19 +96,19 @@ class VarDesc {
 
   std::vector<int32_t> GetLoDLevels() const;
 
-  proto::VarDesc::VarType GetType() const;
+  proto::VarType::Type GetType() const;
 
-  void SetType(proto::VarDesc::VarType type);
+  void SetType(proto::VarType::Type type);
 
   bool Persistable() const { return desc_.persistable(); }
 
   void SetPersistable(bool persistable) { desc_.set_persistable(persistable); }
 
  private:
-  const proto::TensorDesc &tensor_desc() const;
-  std::vector<proto::TensorDesc> tensor_descs() const;
-  proto::TensorDesc *mutable_tensor_desc();
-  std::vector<proto::TensorDesc *> mutable_tensor_descs();
+  const proto::VarType::TensorDesc &tensor_desc() const;
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::TensorDesc> tensor_descs() const;
+  proto::VarType::TensorDesc *mutable_tensor_desc();
+  std::vector<proto::VarType::TensorDesc *> mutable_tensor_descs();
 
   proto::VarDesc desc_;
 };
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/var_type.h b/paddle/fluid/framework/var_type.h
index b5a6183892aa140b6803a951df395acb756fecfa..960ebff9d7d8a522cf37c6c413e4caa1655ea86e 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/var_type.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/var_type.h
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@ limitations under the License. */
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
-inline proto::VarDesc::VarType ToVarType(std::type_index type) {
+inline proto::VarType::Type ToVarType(std::type_index type) {
   if (type.hash_code() == typeid(LoDTensor).hash_code()) {
-    return proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR;
+    return proto::VarType_Type_LOD_TENSOR;
   } else if (type.hash_code() == typeid(LoDRankTable).hash_code()) {
-    return proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_RANK_TABLE;
+    return proto::VarType_Type_LOD_RANK_TABLE;
   } else if (type.hash_code() == typeid(LoDTensorArray).hash_code()) {
-    return proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY;
+    return proto::VarType_Type_LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY;
   } else if (type.hash_code() == typeid(SelectedRows).hash_code()) {
-    return proto::VarDesc_VarType_SELECTED_ROWS;
+    return proto::VarType_Type_SELECTED_ROWS;
   } else if (type.hash_code() == typeid(ReaderHolder).hash_code()) {
-    return proto::VarDesc_VarType_READER;
+    return proto::VarType_Type_READER;
   } else {
     PADDLE_THROW("ToVarType:Unsupported type %s", type.name());
   }
@@ -42,19 +42,19 @@ inline proto::VarDesc::VarType ToVarType(std::type_index type) {
 template <typename Visitor>
 inline void VisitVarType(const framework::Variable& var, Visitor visitor) {
   switch (ToVarType(var.Type())) {
-    case proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR:
+    case proto::VarType_Type_LOD_TENSOR:
       visitor(var.Get<LoDTensor>());
       return;
-    case proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_RANK_TABLE:
+    case proto::VarType_Type_LOD_RANK_TABLE:
       visitor(var.Get<LoDRankTable>());
       return;
-    case proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY:
+    case proto::VarType_Type_LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY:
       visitor(var.Get<LoDTensorArray>());
       return;
-    case proto::VarDesc_VarType_SELECTED_ROWS:
+    case proto::VarType_Type_SELECTED_ROWS:
       visitor(var.Get<SelectedRows>());
       return;
-    case proto::VarDesc_VarType_READER:
+    case proto::VarType_Type_READER:
       visitor(var.Get<ReaderHolder>());
       return;
     default:
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/var_type_inference_test.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/var_type_inference_test.cc
index 961f209ee1c9dab9ffeb3a44d7eb4329dbacb85e..1dced845ed7849d9f5a6de16dfe627d52fdb5488 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/var_type_inference_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/var_type_inference_test.cc
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ class SumOpVarTypeInference : public VarTypeInference {
  public:
   void operator()(const OpDesc &op_desc, BlockDesc *block) const override {
     auto &inputs = op_desc.Input("X");
-    auto default_var_type = proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS;
+    auto default_var_type = proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS;
 
     bool any_input_is_lod_tensor = std::any_of(
         inputs.begin(), inputs.end(), [block](const std::string &name) {
-          return block->Var(name)->GetType() == proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR;
+          return block->Var(name)->GetType() == proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR;
         });
     if (any_input_is_lod_tensor) {
-      default_var_type = proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR;
+      default_var_type = proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR;
     }
 
     auto out_var_name = op_desc.Output("Out").front();
@@ -67,19 +67,19 @@ TEST(InferVarType, sum_op) {
   op->SetInput("X", {"test_a", "test_b", "test_c"});
   op->SetOutput("Out", {"test_out"});
 
-  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test_a")->SetType(proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS);
-  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test_b")->SetType(proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS);
-  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test_c")->SetType(proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS);
+  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test_a")->SetType(proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS);
+  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test_b")->SetType(proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS);
+  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test_c")->SetType(proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS);
   prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test_out");
 
   op->InferVarType(prog.MutableBlock(0));
 
-  ASSERT_EQ(proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS,
+  ASSERT_EQ(proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS,
             prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test_out")->GetType());
 
-  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test_b")->SetType(proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR);
+  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test_b")->SetType(proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
   op->InferVarType(prog.MutableBlock(0));
-  ASSERT_EQ(proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR,
+  ASSERT_EQ(proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR,
             prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test_out")->GetType());
 }
 
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ TEST(InferVarType, sum_op_without_infer_var_type) {
   op->SetInput("X", {"test2_a", "test2_b", "test2_c"});
   op->SetOutput("Out", {"test2_out"});
 
-  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test2_a")->SetType(proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS);
-  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test2_b")->SetType(proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS);
-  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test2_c")->SetType(proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS);
+  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test2_a")->SetType(proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS);
+  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test2_b")->SetType(proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS);
+  prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test2_c")->SetType(proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS);
   prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test2_out");
 
   op->InferVarType(prog.MutableBlock(0));
 
-  ASSERT_EQ(proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR,
+  ASSERT_EQ(proto::VarType_Type_LOD_TENSOR,
             prog.MutableBlock(0)->Var("test2_out")->GetType());
 }
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/assign_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/assign_op.cc
index eedf6b8c66f391d2e70f231cfdc6c3cf0980600f..e21dc6d77f3f7481c7059cdc50c8df8f78c3f7e8 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/assign_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/assign_op.cc
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class AssignInferShape : public framework::InferShapeBase {
   void operator()(framework::InferShapeContext *context) const override {
     if (context->HasInput("X")) {
       auto type = context->GetInputsVarType("X")[0];
-      if (type == framework::proto::VarDesc_VarType_SELECTED_ROWS ||
-          type == framework::proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR) {
+      if (type == framework::proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS ||
+          type == framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR) {
         context->SetOutputDim("Out", context->GetInputDim("X"));
       }
     }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/beam_search_decode_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/beam_search_decode_op.cc
index dacb0e2681d8ccee7cd1d034a1655f0af4467999..718f469d38c3c6b7272c1531fae0a1e9ad2e8e3e 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/beam_search_decode_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/beam_search_decode_op.cc
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ class BeamSearchDecodeInferVarType : public framework::VarTypeInference {
   void operator()(const framework::OpDesc& op_desc,
                   framework::BlockDesc* block) const override {
     for (auto& o : op_desc.Output("SentenceIds")) {
-      block->Var(o)->SetType(framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR);
+      block->Var(o)->SetType(framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
     }
     for (auto& o : op_desc.Output("SentenceScores")) {
-      block->Var(o)->SetType(framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR);
+      block->Var(o)->SetType(framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/beam_search_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/beam_search_op.cc
index 76985ea9c2696a5bfcbc88eb00bc2cfce96c0c71..e848b1f12cb9f1ce1d37e0e0233bfc361dc35a33 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/beam_search_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/beam_search_op.cc
@@ -240,10 +240,10 @@ class BeamSearchInferVarType : public framework::VarTypeInference {
   void operator()(const framework::OpDesc &op_desc,
                   framework::BlockDesc *block) const override {
     for (auto &o : op_desc.Output("selected_ids")) {
-      block->Var(o)->SetType(framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR);
+      block->Var(o)->SetType(framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
     }
     for (auto &o : op_desc.Output("selected_scores")) {
-      block->Var(o)->SetType(framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR);
+      block->Var(o)->SetType(framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/create_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/create_reader_op.cc
index 1393f1a66baaf3b53f797aa61fd42ac3cf54f8db..17ed7e24eca9ae923ef71cca7d4c0005eda271f1 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/create_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/create_reader_op.cc
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class CreateFileReaderInferVarType : public framework::VarTypeInference {
                   framework::BlockDesc* block) const override {
     std::string reader_name = op_desc.Output("Out")[0];
     framework::VarDesc* reader = block->FindVarRecursive(reader_name);
-    reader->SetType(framework::proto::VarDesc::READER);
+    reader->SetType(framework::proto::VarType::READER);
   }
 };
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class CreateDecoratedReaderInferVarType : public framework::VarTypeInference {
     framework::VarDesc* in_reader = block->FindVarRecursive(in_reader_name);
     std::string out_reader_name = op_desc.Output("Out")[0];
     framework::VarDesc* out_reader = block->FindVarRecursive(out_reader_name);
-    out_reader->SetType(framework::proto::VarDesc::READER);
+    out_reader->SetType(framework::proto::VarType::READER);
     out_reader->SetDataTypes(in_reader->GetDataTypes());
   }
 };
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class CreateRandomDataGeneratorOpMaker
     AddComment(R"DOC(
       CreateRandomDataGenerator Operator
 
-      This Op creates a random reader. 
+      This Op creates a random reader.
       The reader generates random data instead of really reading from files.
       Generated data follow an uniform distribution between 'min' and 'max'.
     )DOC");
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class CreateShuffleReaderOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
       CreateShuffleReader Operator
 
       A shuffle reader takes another reader as its 'underlying reader'
-      and yields the underlying reader's outputs in a shuffled order. 
+      and yields the underlying reader's outputs in a shuffled order.
     )DOC");
   }
 };
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ class CreateBatchReaderOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
     AddComment(R"DOC(
       CreateBatchReader Operator
 
-      A batch reader takes another reader as its 'underlying reader', 
-      gathers the underlying reader's outputs and then yields them in batches. 
+      A batch reader takes another reader as its 'underlying reader',
+      gathers the underlying reader's outputs and then yields them in batches.
     )DOC");
   }
 };
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/detail/sendrecvop_utils.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/detail/sendrecvop_utils.cc
index 5403dbc2a0525d75ef2af5312b397ed3daec8cda..169fd40fd950a74e61a4ed06a370f25b533957db 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/detail/sendrecvop_utils.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/detail/sendrecvop_utils.cc
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ void SerializeToMessage(const std::string& name, const framework::Variable* var,
   msg->set_varname(name);
   std::ostringstream oss;
   switch (framework::ToVarType(var->Type())) {
-    case framework::proto::VarDesc_VarType_LOD_TENSOR:
+    case framework::proto::VarType_Type_LOD_TENSOR:
       msg->set_type(sendrecv::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
       framework::SerializeToStream(oss, var->Get<framework::LoDTensor>(), ctx);
       break;
-    case framework::proto::VarDesc_VarType_SELECTED_ROWS:
+    case framework::proto::VarType_Type_SELECTED_ROWS:
       msg->set_type(sendrecv::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS);
       framework::SerializeToStream(oss, var->Get<framework::SelectedRows>(),
                                    ctx);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/get_places_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/get_places_op.cc
index 8555b0778fa7b072a950a3011354764feab75f5f..9002ce4717c6e75e7204ef62094e4680bba3f88b 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/get_places_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/get_places_op.cc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class GetPlacesInferVarType : public framework::VarTypeInference {
                   framework::BlockDesc *block) const override {
     for (auto &o_name : op_desc.Output("Out")) {
       block->FindRecursiveOrCreateVar(o_name).SetType(
-          framework::proto::VarDesc::PLACE_LIST);
+          framework::proto::VarType::PLACE_LIST);
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/lod_rank_table_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/lod_rank_table_op.cc
index 2d01ed673763086798276ef780667e75fcd056ef..590b44e14f518c3c60c141c9a0dfe7f2b96f69c6 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/lod_rank_table_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/lod_rank_table_op.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class LoDRankTableInferVarType : public framework::VarTypeInference {
                   framework::BlockDesc *block) const override {
     for (auto &o : op_desc.Output("Out")) {
       block->FindRecursiveOrCreateVar(o).SetType(
-          framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_RANK_TABLE);
+          framework::proto::VarType::LOD_RANK_TABLE);
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/lod_tensor_to_array_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/lod_tensor_to_array_op.cc
index be47fdfd048cfa9c8903f797f18a9b831f03055c..b5e778a58114633c96a1401df501bb2cb10022c1 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/lod_tensor_to_array_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/lod_tensor_to_array_op.cc
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class LoDTensorToArrayInferVarType : public framework::VarTypeInference {
   void operator()(const framework::OpDesc &op_desc,
                   framework::BlockDesc *block) const override {
     for (auto &out_var : op_desc.Output("Out")) {
-      block->Var(out_var)->SetType(framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY);
+      block->Var(out_var)->SetType(framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY);
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.cc
index d338553f7c4821431fb9afcd5559bda97fa6181b..3acdca17afc2fea05fb81871e6e03d72691fe91e 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.cc
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ class LookupTableOpGradVarTypeInference : public framework::VarTypeInference {
       VLOG(3) << "lookup_table_grad op " << framework::GradVarName("W")
               << " is set to SelectedRows";
       block->Var(out_var_name)
-          ->SetType(framework::proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS);
+          ->SetType(framework::proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS);
     } else {
       VLOG(3) << "lookup_table_grad op " << framework::GradVarName("W")
               << " is set to LoDTensor";
-      block->Var(out_var_name)->SetType(framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR);
+      block->Var(out_var_name)->SetType(framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/read_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/read_op.cc
index 127df82ff13b89de42e45113a21d6f5e7c2f20ed..62beab82d4f2b0b795d5d32f50352172de6870cc 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/read_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/read_op.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ReadInferVarType : public framework::VarTypeInference {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(dtypes.size(), out_names.size());
     for (size_t i = 0; i < dtypes.size(); ++i) {
       framework::VarDesc& out = block->FindRecursiveOrCreateVar(out_names[i]);
-      out.SetType(framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR);
+      out.SetType(framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
       out.SetDataType(dtypes[i]);
     }
   }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/sum_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/sum_op.cc
index bfc5709c4b7f48fc76c2a8a29cb2017d6b449c12..7b88387c3384feabdcb6b169bf2978e70a06c3fd 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/sum_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/sum_op.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class SumOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
                    "Output(Out) of SumOp should not be null.");
     if (ctx->IsRuntime() &&
         ctx->GetOutputsVarType("Out")[0] ==
-            framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY) {
+            framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY) {
       return;  // skip runtime infershape when is tensor array;
     }
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class SumOpVarTypeInference : public framework::VarTypeInference {
   void operator()(const framework::OpDesc& op_desc,
                   framework::BlockDesc* block) const override {
     auto& inputs = op_desc.Input("X");
-    auto var_type = framework::proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS;
+    auto var_type = framework::proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS;
 
     for (auto& name : op_desc.Input("X")) {
       VLOG(10) << name << " "
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ class SumOpVarTypeInference : public framework::VarTypeInference {
     bool any_input_is_lod_tensor = std::any_of(
         inputs.begin(), inputs.end(), [block](const std::string& name) {
           return block->FindRecursiveOrCreateVar(name).GetType() ==
-                 framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR;
+                 framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR;
         });
 
     auto is_tensor_array = [block](const std::string& name) {
       return block->FindRecursiveOrCreateVar(name).GetType() ==
-             framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY;
+             framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY;
     };
 
     bool any_input_is_tensor_array =
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ class SumOpVarTypeInference : public framework::VarTypeInference {
         PADDLE_ENFORCE(all_inputs_are_tensor_array,
                        "Not all inputs are tensor array:\n%s", os.str());
       }
-      var_type = framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY;
+      var_type = framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY;
     } else if (any_input_is_lod_tensor) {
-      var_type = framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR;
+      var_type = framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR;
     }
 
     auto out_var_name = op_desc.Output("Out").front();
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/tensor_array_read_write_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/tensor_array_read_write_op.cc
index 278b3481176e8dd82dc5a6fed376b1cb59e102c6..9b484cda1216ee2138ed2dc6cbedd5f825fe0be9 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/tensor_array_read_write_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/tensor_array_read_write_op.cc
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class WriteToArrayInferVarType : public framework::VarTypeInference {
     auto out_name = op_desc.Output("Out")[0];
     VLOG(10) << "Set Variable " << out_name << " as LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY";
     auto &out = block->FindRecursiveOrCreateVar(out_name);
-    out.SetType(framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY);
+    out.SetType(framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY);
     auto *x = block->FindVarRecursive(x_name);
     if (x != nullptr) {
       out.SetDataType(x->GetDataType());
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/while_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/while_op.cc
index 94a11eaf78249c0ca44411abdbc65e0a74a54c78..3d5cdeda26ada94fbd8e6a7c25995aa7de93fb3d 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/while_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/while_op.cc
@@ -330,10 +330,10 @@ class WhileGradOpShapeInference : public framework::InferShapeBase {
         continue;
       }
       auto dims = ctx->GetInputsElementDim(kX, i);
-      if (var_types[i] == framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR) {
+      if (var_types[i] == framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR) {
         names_to_set.push_back(pg_names[i]);
         dims_to_set.push_back(dims);
-      } else if (var_types[i] == framework::proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY) {
+      } else if (var_types[i] == framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY) {
         // not sure how to set the dim of LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY
         names_to_set.push_back(pg_names[i]);
         dims_to_set.push_back(dims);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/protobuf.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/protobuf.cc
index 3341edb370f3c2eed2bf34a5fd7411f1c608d9fe..9f97cc5007ec00d0ad28ba755d24896017c9003f 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/protobuf.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/protobuf.cc
@@ -232,16 +232,16 @@ void BindVarDsec(py::module &m) {
       .def("persistable", &VarDesc::Persistable)
       .def("set_persistable", &VarDesc::SetPersistable);
 
-  py::enum_<proto::VarDesc::VarType>(var_desc, "VarType", "")
-      .value("LOD_TENSOR", proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR)
-      .value("SELECTED_ROWS", proto::VarDesc::SELECTED_ROWS)
-      .value("FEED_MINIBATCH", proto::VarDesc::FEED_MINIBATCH)
-      .value("FETCH_LIST", proto::VarDesc::FETCH_LIST)
-      .value("STEP_SCOPES", proto::VarDesc::STEP_SCOPES)
-      .value("LOD_RANK_TABLE", proto::VarDesc::LOD_RANK_TABLE)
-      .value("LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY", proto::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY)
-      .value("PLACE_LIST", proto::VarDesc::PLACE_LIST)
-      .value("READER", proto::VarDesc::READER);
+  py::enum_<proto::VarType::Type>(var_desc, "VarType", "")
+      .value("LOD_TENSOR", proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR)
+      .value("SELECTED_ROWS", proto::VarType::SELECTED_ROWS)
+      .value("FEED_MINIBATCH", proto::VarType::FEED_MINIBATCH)
+      .value("FETCH_LIST", proto::VarType::FETCH_LIST)
+      .value("STEP_SCOPES", proto::VarType::STEP_SCOPES)
+      .value("LOD_RANK_TABLE", proto::VarType::LOD_RANK_TABLE)
+      .value("LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY", proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY)
+      .value("PLACE_LIST", proto::VarType::PLACE_LIST)
+      .value("READER", proto::VarType::READER);
 }
 
 void BindOpDesc(py::module &m) {