diff --git a/examples/QuickStart/cartpole_agent.py b/examples/QuickStart/cartpole_agent.py
index 00d7ce6e80b9fb36b33f2d577a25bbaa7c8b3024..b18faac77c28a74dc9de46a25422a9886625de19 100644
--- a/examples/QuickStart/cartpole_agent.py
+++ b/examples/QuickStart/cartpole_agent.py
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ class CartpoleAgent(parl.Agent):
 
     def build_program(self):
         self.pred_program = fluid.Program()
-        self.train_program = fluid.Program()
+        self.learn_program = fluid.Program()
 
         with fluid.program_guard(self.pred_program):
             obs = layers.data(
                 name='obs', shape=[self.obs_dim], dtype='float32')
             self.act_prob = self.alg.predict(obs)
 
-        with fluid.program_guard(self.train_program):
+        with fluid.program_guard(self.learn_program):
             obs = layers.data(
                 name='obs', shape=[self.obs_dim], dtype='float32')
             act = layers.data(name='act', shape=[1], dtype='int64')
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ class CartpoleAgent(parl.Agent):
             'reward': reward.astype('float32')
         }
         cost = self.fluid_executor.run(
-            self.train_program, feed=feed, fetch_list=[self.cost])[0]
+            self.learn_program, feed=feed, fetch_list=[self.cost])[0]
         return cost
diff --git a/parl/core/fluid/agent.py b/parl/core/fluid/agent.py
index 449ad8cf903085fc6d8586033aef0d056361ade9..12ff53551cccfef1f6ce60f069589b4958515269 100644
--- a/parl/core/fluid/agent.py
+++ b/parl/core/fluid/agent.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Agent(AgentBase):
     | `alias`: ``parl.Agent``
     | `alias`: ``parl.core.fluid.agent.Agent``
 
-    | Agent is one of the three basic classes of PARL. 
+    | Agent is one of the three basic classes of PARL.
 
     | It is responsible for interacting with the environment and collecting data for training the policy.
     | To implement a customized ``Agent``, users can:
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ class Agent(AgentBase):
         - ``sample``: return a noisy action to perform exploration according to the policy.
         - ``predict``: return an action given current observation.
         - ``learn``: update the parameters of self.alg using the `learn_program` defined in `build_program()`.
+        - ``save``: save parameters of the ``agent`` to a given path.
+        - ``restore``: restore previous saved parameters from a given path.
 
     Todo:
         - allow users to get parameters of a specified model by specifying the model's name in ``get_weights()``.
-          
+
     """
 
     def __init__(self, algorithm, gpu_id=None):
@@ -90,13 +92,13 @@ class Agent(AgentBase):
         self.fluid_executor.run(fluid.default_startup_program())
 
     def build_program(self):
-        """Build various programs here with the 
+        """Build various programs here with the
         learn, predict, sample functions of the algorithm.
-        
+
         Note:
             | Users **must** implement this function in an ``Agent``.
             | This function will be called automatically in the initialization function.
-        
+
         To build a program, you must do the following:
             a. Create a fluid program with ``fluid.program_guard()``;
             b. Define data layers for feeding the data;
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ class Agent(AgentBase):
                 obs = layers.data(
                     name='obs', shape=[self.obs_dim], dtype='float32')
                 self.act_prob = self.alg.predict(obs)
-          
+
 
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
@@ -152,8 +154,68 @@ class Agent(AgentBase):
 
     def sample(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Return an action with noise when given the observation of the environment.
-            
+
         In general, this function is used in train process as noise is added to the action to preform exploration.
 
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def save(self, save_path, program=None):
+        """Save parameters.
+
+        Args:
+            save_path(str): where to save the parameters.
+            program(fluid.Program): program that describes the neural network structure. If None, will use self.learn_program.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: if program is None and self.learn_program does not exist.
+
+        Example:
+
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            agent = AtariAgent()
+            agent.save('./model.ckpt')
+
+        """
+        if program is None:
+            program = self.learn_program
+        dirname = '/'.join(save_path.split('/')[:-1])
+        filename = save_path.split('/')[-1]
+        fluid.io.save_params(
+            executor=self.fluid_executor,
+            dirname=dirname,
+            main_program=program,
+            filename=filename)
+
+    def restore(self, save_path, program=None):
+        """Restore previously saved parameters.
+        This method requires a program that describes the network structure.
+        The save_path argument is typically a value previously passed to ``save_params()``.
+
+        Args:
+            save_path(str): path where parameters were previously saved.
+            program(fluid.Program): program that describes the neural network structure. If None, will use self.learn_program.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: if program is None and self.learn_program does not exist.
+
+        Example:
+
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            agent = AtariAgent()
+            agent.save('./model.ckpt')
+            agent.restore('./model.ckpt')
+
+        """
+
+        if program is None:
+            program = self.learn_program
+        dirname = '/'.join(save_path.split('/')[:-1])
+        filename = save_path.split('/')[-1]
+        fluid.io.load_params(
+            executor=self.fluid_executor,
+            dirname=dirname,
+            main_program=program,
+            filename=filename)
diff --git a/parl/core/fluid/tests/agent_base_test.py b/parl/core/fluid/tests/agent_base_test.py
index 87af761abb9d85cb148bbc75fc8845720c07afc4..2e3ff1a904c5e8bd7efe259452b502ecf369490b 100644
--- a/parl/core/fluid/tests/agent_base_test.py
+++ b/parl/core/fluid/tests/agent_base_test.py
@@ -16,16 +16,14 @@ import numpy as np
 import unittest
 from paddle import fluid
 from parl import layers
-from parl.core.fluid.agent import Agent
-from parl.core.fluid.algorithm import Algorithm
-from parl.core.fluid.model import Model
-from parl.utils.machine_info import get_gpu_count
+import parl
+import os
 
 
-class TestModel(Model):
+class TestModel(parl.Model):
     def __init__(self):
         self.fc1 = layers.fc(size=256)
-        self.fc2 = layers.fc(size=128)
+        self.fc2 = layers.fc(size=1)
 
     def policy(self, obs):
         out = self.fc1(obs)
@@ -33,25 +31,44 @@ class TestModel(Model):
         return out
 
 
-class TestAlgorithm(Algorithm):
+class TestAlgorithm(parl.Algorithm):
     def __init__(self, model):
         self.model = model
 
     def predict(self, obs):
         return self.model.policy(obs)
 
+    def learn(self, obs, label):
+        pred_output = self.model.policy(obs)
+        cost = layers.square_error_cost(obs, label)
+        cost = fluid.layers.reduce_mean(cost)
+        return cost
 
-class TestAgent(Agent):
+
+class TestAgent(parl.Agent):
     def __init__(self, algorithm, gpu_id=None):
         super(TestAgent, self).__init__(algorithm, gpu_id)
 
     def build_program(self):
         self.predict_program = fluid.Program()
+        self.learn_program = fluid.Program()
         with fluid.program_guard(self.predict_program):
             obs = layers.data(name='obs', shape=[10], dtype='float32')
             output = self.algorithm.predict(obs)
         self.predict_output = [output]
 
+        with fluid.program_guard(self.learn_program):
+            obs = layers.data(name='obs', shape=[10], dtype='float32')
+            label = layers.data(name='label', shape=[1], dtype='float32')
+            cost = self.algorithm.learn(obs, label)
+
+    def learn(self, obs, label):
+        output_np = self.fluid_executor.run(
+            self.learn_program, feed={
+                'obs': obs,
+                'label': label
+            })
+
     def predict(self, obs):
         output_np = self.fluid_executor.run(
             self.predict_program,
@@ -66,11 +83,38 @@ class AgentBaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.algorithm = TestAlgorithm(self.model)
 
     def test_agent(self):
-        if get_gpu_count() > 0:
-            agent = TestAgent(self.algorithm)
-            obs = np.random.random([3, 10]).astype('float32')
-            output_np = agent.predict(obs)
-            self.assertIsNotNone(output_np)
+        agent = TestAgent(self.algorithm)
+        obs = np.random.random([3, 10]).astype('float32')
+        output_np = agent.predict(obs)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(output_np)
+
+    def test_save(self):
+        agent = TestAgent(self.algorithm)
+        obs = np.random.random([3, 10]).astype('float32')
+        output_np = agent.predict(obs)
+        save_path1 = './model.ckpt'
+        save_path2 = './my_model/model-2.ckpt'
+        agent.save(save_path1)
+        agent.save(save_path2)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(save_path1))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(save_path2))
+
+    def test_restore(self):
+        agent = TestAgent(self.algorithm)
+        obs = np.random.random([3, 10]).astype('float32')
+        output_np = agent.predict(obs)
+        save_path1 = './model.ckpt'
+        previous_output = agent.predict(obs)
+        agent.save(save_path1)
+        agent.restore(save_path1)
+        current_output = agent.predict(obs)
+        np.testing.assert_equal(current_output, previous_output)
+
+        # a new agent instance
+        another_agent = TestAgent(self.algorithm)
+        another_agent.restore(save_path1)
+        current_output = another_agent.predict(obs)
+        np.testing.assert_equal(current_output, previous_output)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':