diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7bbc71c09205c78d790739d246bbe4f9f1881c17..4c3f8d67fc8c198c9a3aa3d72ec0a2c1411b9a84 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# tilde
+*~
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38e13a9a997a8aa4cc4317ecdfb4315f41605844..a6e1fcb24e021daa91a42b675bc07af34ec73ba3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# RL
-Reinforcement learning framework
+# PPRL
+PaddlePaddle Reinforcement Learning Framework
diff --git a/pprl/__init__.py b/pprl/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eca2dce114b069bf9b455d77ce670d73b5047fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pprl/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
diff --git a/pprl/layers/__init__.py b/pprl/layers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e2b87030cfe27e7499ae31d65ddc92b6f2e70108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pprl/layers/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+"""
+This file wraps Fluid layers that have parameters to support parameter sharing.
+For other layers that don't have parameters, we simply copy them to this namespace.
+"""
+from paddle.fluid.layers import *
+from layer_wrappers import *
diff --git a/pprl/layers/layer_wrappers.py b/pprl/layers/layer_wrappers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..86edd5e24626627f6f697f56251a40111e826794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pprl/layers/layer_wrappers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,600 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+"""
+Wrappers for fluid.layers so that the layers can share parameters conveniently.
+"""
+
+from paddle.fluid.layers import *
+from paddle.fluid.param_attr import ParamAttr
+import paddle.fluid.layers as layers
+import warnings
+
+all_wrapped_layers = [
+    "create_parameters", "fc", "embedding", "dynamic_lstm", "dynamic_lstmp",
+    "dynamic_gru", "sequence_conv", "conv2d", "conv2d_transpose", "lstm_unit",
+    "row_conv"
+]
+
+
+class LayerCounter:
+    custom = 0
+    create_parameter = 0
+    fc = 0
+    embedding = 0
+    dynamic_lstm = 0
+    dynamic_lstmp = 0
+    dynamic_gru = 0
+    sequence_conv = 0
+    conv2d = 0
+    conv2d_transpose = 0
+    lstm_unit = 0
+    row_conv = 0
+
+
+class LayerFunc(object):
+    def __init__(self, param_attr=False, bias_attr=False):
+        self.param_name = (None if not param_attr else param_attr.name)
+        self.bias_name = (None if not bias_attr else bias_attr.name)
+
+    def parameters(self):
+        return (self.param_name, self.bias_name)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def check_type(layer_func):
+        """
+        Check whether the input is a LayerFunc
+        """
+        bases = layer_func.__class__.__bases__
+        return len(bases) == 1 and bases[0].__name__ == "LayerFunc"
+
+
+def get_set_paras(set_paras):
+    param_name, bias_name = None, None
+    if set_paras is not None:
+        assert (type(set_paras) is tuple) and len(set_paras) == 2
+        param_name, bias_name = set_paras
+    return param_name, bias_name
+
+
+def check_or_replace_name(name, new_name, attr):
+    name = (new_name if name is None else name)
+    ## if this para is not used
+    if attr == False:
+        return False
+
+    if attr is None:
+        return ParamAttr(name=name)
+
+    assert attr.name is None, \
+        "Do not set parameter name for pprl.layers; leave it as None"
+    attr.name = name
+    return attr
+
+
+def create_parameter(shape,
+                     dtype,
+                     attr=None,
+                     is_bias=False,
+                     default_initializer=None,
+                     name=None,
+                     set_paras=None):
+    """
+    Return a function that creates paddle.fluid.layers.create_parameter.
+    """
+    param_name, _ = get_set_paras(set_paras)
+
+    if name is None:
+        attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "para_%d.w" %
+                                     LayerCounter.create_parameter, attr)
+        LayerCounter.create_parameter += 1
+    else:
+        attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "%s_%d_.w" %
+                                     (name, LayerCounter.custom), attr)
+        LayerCounter.custom += 1
+
+    class CreateParameter_(LayerFunc):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super(CreateParameter_, self).__init__(attr)
+
+        def __call__(self):
+            return layers.create_parameter(
+                shape=shape,
+                dtype=dtype,
+                attr=attr,
+                is_bias=is_bias,
+                default_initializer=default_initializer)
+
+    return CreateParameter_()
+
+
+def fc(size,
+       num_flatten_dims=1,
+       param_attr=None,
+       bias_attr=None,
+       use_mkldnn=False,
+       act=None,
+       is_test=False,
+       name=None,
+       set_paras=None):
+    """
+    Return a function that creates a paddle.fluid.layers.fc.
+    """
+    param_name, bias_name = get_set_paras(set_paras)
+
+    if name is None:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "fc_%d.w" %
+                                           LayerCounter.fc, param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "fc_%d.wbias" %
+                                          LayerCounter.fc, bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.fc += 1
+    else:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "%s_%d_.w" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "%s_%d_.wbias" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.custom += 1
+
+    class FC_(LayerFunc):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super(FC_, self).__init__(param_attr, bias_attr)
+
+        def __call__(self, input):
+            return layers.fc(input=input,
+                             size=size,
+                             num_flatten_dims=num_flatten_dims,
+                             param_attr=param_attr,
+                             bias_attr=bias_attr,
+                             use_mkldnn=use_mkldnn,
+                             act=act,
+                             is_test=is_test)
+
+    return FC_()
+
+
+def embedding(size,
+              is_sparse=False,
+              is_distributed=False,
+              padding_idx=None,
+              param_attr=None,
+              dtype="float32",
+              name=None,
+              set_paras=None):
+    """
+    Return a function that creates a paddle.fluid.layers.embedding.
+    """
+    param_name, _ = get_set_paras(set_paras)
+
+    if name is None:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "embedding_%d.w" %
+                                           LayerCounter.embedding, param_attr)
+        LayerCounter.embedding += 1
+    else:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "%s_%d_.w" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), param_attr)
+        LayerCounter.custom += 1
+
+    class Embedding_(LayerFunc):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super(Embedding_, self).__init__(param_attr)
+
+        def __call__(self, input):
+            return layers.embedding(
+                input=input,
+                size=size,
+                is_sparse=is_sparse,
+                is_distributed=is_distributed,
+                padding_idx=padding_idx,
+                param_attr=param_attr,
+                dtype=dtype)
+
+    return Embedding_()
+
+
+def dynamic_lstm(size,
+                 param_attr=None,
+                 bias_attr=None,
+                 use_peepholes=True,
+                 is_reverse=False,
+                 gate_activation="sigmoid",
+                 cell_activation="tanh",
+                 candidate_activation="tanh",
+                 dtype="float32",
+                 name=None,
+                 set_paras=None):
+    """
+    Return a function that creates a paddle.fluid.layers.dynamic_lstm.
+    """
+    param_name, bias_name = get_set_paras(set_paras)
+
+    if name is None:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "dynamic_lstm_%d.w" %
+                                           LayerCounter.dynamic_lstm,
+                                           param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "dynamic_lstm_%d.wbias" %
+                                          LayerCounter.dynamic_lstm, bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.dynamic_lstm += 1
+    else:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "%s_%d_.w" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "%s_%d_.wbias" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.custom += 1
+
+    class DynamicLstm_(LayerFunc):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super(DynamicLstm_, self).__init__(param_attr, bias_attr)
+
+        def __call__(self, input):
+            return layers.dynamic_lstm(
+                input=input,
+                size=size,
+                param_attr=param_attr,
+                bias_attr=bias_attr,
+                use_peepholes=use_peepholes,
+                is_reverse=is_reverse,
+                gate_activation=gate_activation,
+                cell_activation=cell_activation,
+                candidate_activation=candidate_activation,
+                dtype=dtype)
+
+    return DynamicLstm_()
+
+
+def dynamic_lstmp(size,
+                  proj_size,
+                  param_attr=None,
+                  bias_attr=None,
+                  use_peepholes=True,
+                  is_reverse=False,
+                  gate_activation='sigmoid',
+                  cell_activation='tanh',
+                  candidate_activation='tanh',
+                  proj_activation='tanh',
+                  dtype='float32',
+                  name=None,
+                  set_paras=None):
+    """
+    Return a function that creates a paddle.fluid.layers.dynamic_lstmp.
+    """
+    param_name, bias_name = get_set_paras(set_paras)
+
+    if name is None:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "dynamic_lstmp_%d.w" %
+                                           LayerCounter.dynamic_lstmp,
+                                           param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "dynamic_lstmp_%d.wbias" %
+                                          LayerCounter.dynamic_lstmp,
+                                          bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.dynamic_lstmp += 1
+    else:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "%s_%d_.w" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "%s_%d_.wbias" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.custom += 1
+
+    class DynamicLstmp_(LayerFunc):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super(DynamicLstmp_, self).__init__(param_attr, bias_attr)
+
+        def __call__(self, input):
+            return layers.dynamic_lstmp(
+                input=input,
+                size=size,
+                proj_size=proj_size,
+                param_attr=param_attr,
+                bias_attr=bias_attr,
+                use_peepholes=use_peepholes,
+                is_reverse=is_reverse,
+                gate_activation=gate_activation,
+                cell_activation=cell_activation,
+                candidate_activation=candidate_activation,
+                proj_activation=proj_activation,
+                dtype=dtype)
+
+    return DynamicLstmp_()
+
+
+def dynamic_gru(size,
+                param_attr=None,
+                bias_attr=None,
+                is_reverse=False,
+                gate_activation='sigmoid',
+                candidate_activation='tanh',
+                h_0=None,
+                name=None,
+                set_paras=None):
+    """
+    Return a function that creates a paddle.fluid.layers.dynamic_gru.
+    """
+    param_name, bias_name = get_set_paras(set_paras)
+
+    if name is None:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "dynamic_gru_%d.w" %
+                                           LayerCounter.dynamic_gru,
+                                           param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "dynamic_gru_%d.wbias" %
+                                          LayerCounter.dynamic_gru, bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.dynamic_gru += 1
+    else:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "%s_%d_.w" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "%s_%d_.wbias" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.custom += 1
+
+    class DynamicGru_(LayerFunc):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super(DynamicGru_, self).__init__(param_attr, bias_attr)
+
+        def __call__(self, input):
+            return layers.dynamic_gru(
+                input=input,
+                size=size,
+                param_attr=param_attr,
+                bias_attr=bias_attr,
+                is_reverse=is_reverse,
+                gate_activation=gate_activation,
+                candidate_activation=candidate_activation,
+                h_0=h_0)
+
+    return DynamicGru_()
+
+
+def gru_unit(**kwargs):
+    """
+    We cannot pass param_attr or bias_attr to paddle.fluid.layers.gru_unit yet.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+def linear_chain_crf(**kwargs):
+    raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+def crf_decoding(**kwargs):
+    raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+def sequence_conv(num_filters,
+                  filter_size=3,
+                  filter_stride=1,
+                  padding=None,
+                  bias_attr=None,
+                  param_attr=None,
+                  act=None,
+                  name=None,
+                  set_paras=None):
+    """
+    Return a function that creates a paddle.fluid.layers.sequence_conv.
+    """
+    param_name, bias_name = get_set_paras(set_paras)
+
+    if name is None:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "sequence_conv_%d.w" %
+                                           LayerCounter.sequence_conv,
+                                           param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "sequence_conv_%d.wbias" %
+                                          LayerCounter.sequence_conv,
+                                          bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.sequence_conv += 1
+    else:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "%s_%d_.w" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "%s_%d_.wbias" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.custom += 1
+
+    class SequenceConv_(LayerFunc):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super(SequenceConv_, self).__init__(param_attr, bias_attr)
+
+        def __call__(self, input):
+            return layers.sequence_conv(
+                input=input,
+                num_filters=num_filters,
+                filter_size=filter_size,
+                filter_stride=filter_stride,
+                padding=padding,
+                bias_attr=bias_attr,
+                param_attr=param_attr,
+                act=act)
+
+    return SequenceConv_()
+
+
+def conv2d(num_filters,
+           filter_size,
+           stride=1,
+           padding=0,
+           dilation=1,
+           groups=None,
+           param_attr=None,
+           bias_attr=None,
+           use_cudnn=True,
+           use_mkldnn=False,
+           act=None,
+           name=None,
+           set_paras=None):
+    """
+    Return a function that creates a paddle.fluid.layers.conv2d.
+    """
+    param_name, bias_name = get_set_paras(set_paras)
+
+    if name is None:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "conv2d_%d.w" %
+                                           LayerCounter.conv2d, param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "conv2d_%d.wbias" %
+                                          LayerCounter.conv2d, bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.conv2d += 1
+    else:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "%s_%d_.w" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "%s_%d_.wbias" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.custom += 1
+
+    class Conv2D_(LayerFunc):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super(Conv2D_, self).__init__(param_attr, bias_attr)
+
+        def __call__(self, input):
+            return layers.conv2d(
+                input=input,
+                num_filters=num_filters,
+                filter_size=filter_size,
+                stride=stride,
+                padding=padding,
+                dilation=dilation,
+                groups=groups,
+                param_attr=param_attr,
+                bias_attr=bias_attr,
+                use_cudnn=use_cudnn,
+                use_mkldnn=use_mkldnn,
+                act=act)
+
+    return Conv2D_()
+
+
+def conv2d_transpose(num_filters,
+                     output_size=None,
+                     filter_size=None,
+                     padding=0,
+                     stride=1,
+                     dilation=1,
+                     param_attr=None,
+                     bias_attr=None,
+                     use_cudnn=True,
+                     act=None,
+                     name=None,
+                     set_paras=None):
+    """
+    Return a function that creates a paddle.fluid.layers.conv2d_transpose.
+    """
+    param_name, bias_name = get_set_paras(set_paras)
+
+    if name is None:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "conv2d_trans_$d.w" %
+                                           LayerCounter.conv2d_transpose,
+                                           param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "conv2d_trans_%d.wbias" %
+                                          LayerCounter.conv2d_transpose,
+                                          bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.conv2d_transpose += 1
+    else:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "%s_%d_.w" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "%s_%d_.wbias" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.custom += 1
+
+    class Conv2DTranspose_(LayerFunc):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super(Conv2DTranspose_, self).__init__(param_attr, bias_attr)
+
+        def __call__(self, input):
+            return layers.conv2d_transpose(
+                input=input,
+                num_filters=num_filters,
+                output_size=output_size,
+                filter_size=filter_size,
+                padding=padding,
+                stride=stride,
+                dilation=dilation,
+                param_attr=param_attr,
+                bias_attr=bias_attr,
+                use_cudnn=use_cudnn,
+                act=act)
+
+    return Conv2DTranspose_()
+
+
+def lstm_unit(forget_bias=0.0,
+              param_attr=None,
+              bias_attr=None,
+              name=None,
+              set_paras=None):
+    """
+    Return a function that creates a paddle.fluid.layers.lstm_unit.
+    """
+    param_name, bias_name = get_set_paras(set_paras)
+
+    if name is None:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "lstm_unit_%d.w" %
+                                           LayerCounter.lstm_unit, param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "lstm_unit_%d.wbias" %
+                                          LayerCounter.lstm_unit, bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.lstm_unit += 1
+    else:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "%s_%d_.w" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), param_attr)
+        bias_attr = check_or_replace_name(bias_name, "%s_%d_.wbias" % (
+            name, LayerCounter.custom), bias_attr)
+        LayerCounter.custom += 1
+
+    class LstmUnit_(LayerFunc):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super(LstmUnit_, self).__init__(param_attr, bias_attr)
+
+        def __call__(self, x_t, hidden_t_prev, cell_t_prev):
+            return layers.lstm_unit(
+                x_t=x_t,
+                hidden_t_prev=hidden_t_prev,
+                cell_t_prev=cell_t_prev,
+                forget_bias=forget_bias,
+                param_attr=param_attr,
+                bias_attr=bias_attr)
+
+    return LstmUnit_()
+
+
+def nce(**kwargs):
+    raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+def row_conv(future_context_size,
+             param_attr=None,
+             act=None,
+             name=None,
+             set_paras=None):
+    """
+    Return a function that creates a paddle.fluid.layers.row_conv.
+    """
+    param_name, _ = get_set_paras(set_paras)
+
+    if name is None:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "row_conv_%d.w" %
+                                           LayerCounter.row_conv, param_attr)
+        LayerCounter.row_conv += 1
+    else:
+        param_attr = check_or_replace_name(param_name, "%s_%d_.w" %
+                                           LayerCounter.custom, param_attr)
+        LayerCounter.custom += 1
+
+    class RowConv_(LayerFunc):
+        def __init__(self):
+            super(RowConv_, self).__init__(param_attr)
+
+        def __call__(self, input):
+            return layers.row_conv(
+                input=input,
+                future_context_size=future_context_size,
+                param_attr=param_attr,
+                act=act)
+
+    return RowConv_()
+
+
+def layer_norm(**kwargs):
+    raise NotImplementedError()
diff --git a/pprl/layers/tests/test_param_name.py b/pprl/layers/tests/test_param_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..47a9c404c6bbdf043069e7b7aabcf7027f93eaca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pprl/layers/tests/test_param_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+import unittest
+import pprl.layers as layers
+
+
+class TestParamName(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_name_number(self):
+        self.fc1 = layers.fc(100)
+        self.fc2 = layers.fc(100)
+        self.fc3 = layers.fc(100, bias_attr=False)
+        self.fc4 = layers.fc(100, param_attr=False)
+        self.fc5 = layers.fc(100, name="fc", bias_attr=False)
+        self.embedding = layers.embedding((100, 128))
+        self.embedding_custom = layers.embedding(
+            (100, 128), name="embedding_custom")
+        self.conv2d = layers.conv2d(
+            num_filters=64,
+            filter_size=3,
+            name="my_conv2d",
+            set_paras=self.embedding.parameters())
+        self.dynamic_grus = []
+        for i in range(5):
+            self.dynamic_grus.append(layers.dynamic_gru(50))
+
+        ## fc1 and fc2 have different parameters
+        self.assertEqual(self.fc1.param_name, "fc_0.w")
+        self.assertEqual(self.fc2.param_name, "fc_1.w")
+
+        ## fc3 has no bias and fc4 has no param; so the names are None
+        self.assertEqual(self.fc3.bias_name, None)
+        self.assertEqual(self.fc4.param_name, None)
+
+        ## fc5 has a custom name without a bias
+        ## fc5 has a different param name with fc1
+        self.assertEqual(self.fc5.param_name, "fc_0_.w")
+        self.assertEqual(self.fc5.bias_name, None)
+
+        ## embedding layer has no bias
+        self.assertEqual(self.embedding.param_name, "embedding_0.w")
+        self.assertEqual(self.embedding.bias_name, None)
+
+        ## embedding layer with a custom name; the custom id is 1 up to this point
+        self.assertEqual(self.embedding_custom.param_name,
+                         "embedding_custom_1_.w")
+
+        ## conv2d shares param with embedding; has a custom bias name; the custom id is 2 now
+        self.assertEqual(self.conv2d.param_name, "embedding_0.w")
+        self.assertEqual(self.conv2d.bias_name, "my_conv2d_2_.wbias")
+
+        for i, gru in enumerate(self.dynamic_grus):
+            self.assertEqual(gru.param_name, "dynamic_gru_%d.w" % i)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/pprl/layers/tests/test_param_sharing.py b/pprl/layers/tests/test_param_sharing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..218c6ed39301484c50057799f2862bb04018b891
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+++ b/pprl/layers/tests/test_param_sharing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+import unittest
+import pprl.layers as layers
+import paddle.fluid as fluid
+import numpy as np
+
+
+class TestParamSharing(unittest.TestCase):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(TestParamSharing, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.fc1 = layers.fc(64, bias_attr=False)
+        self.fc2 = layers.fc(64, bias_attr=False)
+        self.fc3 = layers.fc(64, name="fc")
+        self.fc4 = layers.fc(64, name="fc")
+        ## we bind the paras of self.embedding to those of self.fc1
+        self.embedding = layers.embedding(
+            (100, 64), set_paras=self.fc1.parameters())
+
+    def test_param_sharing(self):
+        """
+        Test case for parameter sharing between layers of the same type
+        """
+        main_program = fluid.Program()
+        startup_program = fluid.Program()
+
+        with fluid.program_guard(main_program, startup_program):
+            x = layers.data(name='x', shape=[100], dtype="float32")
+            y1 = self.fc1(input=x)
+            y11 = self.fc1(input=x)
+            y2 = self.fc2(input=x)
+            y3 = self.fc3(input=x)
+            y4 = self.fc4(input=x)
+
+        place = fluid.CPUPlace()
+        exe = fluid.Executor(place)
+        exe.run(startup_program)
+        batch_size = 10
+        input_x = np.random.uniform(0, 1, [batch_size, 100]).astype("float32")
+        outputs = exe.run(main_program,
+                          feed={"x": input_x},
+                          fetch_list=[y1, y11, y2, y3, y4])
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            np.sum(outputs[0].flatten()), np.sum(outputs[1].flatten()))
+        self.assertNotEqual(
+            np.sum(outputs[1].flatten()), np.sum(outputs[2].flatten()))
+        self.assertNotEqual(
+            np.sum(outputs[3].flatten()), np.sum(outputs[4].flatten()))
+
+    def test_manual_param_sharing(self):
+        """
+        Test case for parameter sharing between layers of different types
+        """
+        batch_size = 10
+        dict_size = 100
+
+        main_program = fluid.Program()
+        startup_program = fluid.Program()
+        with fluid.program_guard(main_program, startup_program):
+            x = layers.data(name='x', shape=[1], dtype="int")
+            cx = layers.cast(
+                x=layers.one_hot(
+                    input=x, depth=dict_size), dtype="float32")
+            ## remove bias because embedding layer does not have one
+            y1 = self.fc1(input=cx)
+            y2 = self.embedding(input=x)
+
+        place = fluid.CPUPlace()
+        exe = fluid.Executor(place)
+        exe.run(startup_program)
+        input_x = np.random.randint(
+            dict_size, size=(batch_size, 1)).astype("int")
+        outputs = exe.run(main_program,
+                          feed={'x': input_x},
+                          fetch_list=[y1, y2])
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            np.sum(outputs[0].flatten()), np.sum(outputs[1].flatten()))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()