diff --git a/applications/ColossalChat/coati/models/loss.py b/applications/ColossalChat/coati/models/loss.py
index bd0bbd36b..927dfd5a8 100755
--- a/applications/ColossalChat/coati/models/loss.py
+++ b/applications/ColossalChat/coati/models/loss.py
@@ -153,10 +153,11 @@ class DpoLoss(nn.Module):
         else:
             # If no reference model is provided
             ref_logratios = 0.0
+
         pi_logratios = logprob_actor_chosen.sum(-1) - logprob_actor_reject.sum(-1)
         logits = pi_logratios - ref_logratios - self.gamma / self.beta
         losses = -torch.nn.functional.logsigmoid(self.beta * logits)
-
+        loss = losses.mean()
         # Calculate rewards for logging
         if logprob_ref_chosen is not None:
             chosen_rewards = self.beta * (logprob_actor_chosen.sum(-1) - logprob_ref_chosen.sum(-1)).detach()
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ class DpoLoss(nn.Module):
         else:
             rejected_rewards = self.beta * logprob_actor_reject.sum(-1).detach()
 
-        return losses, chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards
+        return loss, chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards
 
 
 class LogSigLoss(nn.Module):
diff --git a/applications/ColossalChat/coati/models/utils.py b/applications/ColossalChat/coati/models/utils.py
index c583f057a..fe7ab2098 100755
--- a/applications/ColossalChat/coati/models/utils.py
+++ b/applications/ColossalChat/coati/models/utils.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ def _log_probs_from_logits(logits: torch.Tensor, labels: torch.Tensor) -> torch.
         torch.Tensor: The log probabilities corresponding to the labels.
     """
     log_probs = F.log_softmax(logits, dim=-1)
-    log_probs_labels = log_probs.gather(dim=-1, index=labels.unsqueeze(-1))
-    return log_probs_labels.squeeze(-1)
+    per_label_logps = log_probs.gather(dim=-1, index=labels.unsqueeze(-1))
+    return per_label_logps.squeeze(-1)
 
 
 def calc_action_log_probs(logits: torch.Tensor, sequences: torch.LongTensor, num_actions: int) -> torch.Tensor:
diff --git a/applications/ColossalChat/coati/trainer/dpo.py b/applications/ColossalChat/coati/trainer/dpo.py
index faa7a90d9..499113e96 100755
--- a/applications/ColossalChat/coati/trainer/dpo.py
+++ b/applications/ColossalChat/coati/trainer/dpo.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import os
 from typing import Any, Optional
 
 import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
 from coati.models.loss import DpoLoss
 from coati.models.utils import calc_masked_log_probs
 from coati.trainer.utils import all_reduce_mean
@@ -13,10 +14,11 @@ from coati.utils import AccumulativeMeanMeter, save_checkpoint
 from torch.optim import Optimizer
 from torch.optim.lr_scheduler import _LRScheduler
 from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
-from tqdm import trange
+from tqdm import tqdm, trange
 from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizerBase
 
 from colossalai.booster import Booster, Plugin
+from colossalai.booster.plugin import HybridParallelPlugin
 from colossalai.cluster import DistCoordinator
 from colossalai.utils import get_current_device
 
@@ -96,18 +98,25 @@ class DPOTrainer(SLTrainer):
         self.train_dataloader = train_preference_dataloader
         self.eval_dataloader = eval_preference_dataloader
         self.writer = None
-        if use_wandb and is_rank_0():
+
+        init_criterion = (
+            dist.get_rank() == dist.get_world_size() - 1
+            if isinstance(self.plugin, HybridParallelPlugin) and self.plugin.pp_size > 1
+            else is_rank_0()
+        )
+
+        if use_wandb and init_criterion:
             assert log_dir is not None, "log_dir must be provided when use_wandb is True"
             import wandb
 
             self.wandb_run = wandb.init(project="Coati-dpo", sync_tensorboard=True)
-        if log_dir is not None and is_rank_0():
+        if log_dir is not None and init_criterion:
             import os
             import time
 
             from torch.utils.tensorboard import SummaryWriter
 
-            log_dir = os.path.join(log_dir, "dpo")
+            log_dir = os.path.join(log_dir, "DPO")
             log_dir = os.path.join(log_dir, time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S", time.localtime()))
             self.writer = SummaryWriter(log_dir=log_dir)
 
@@ -117,166 +126,147 @@ class DPOTrainer(SLTrainer):
             epoch int: the number of current epoch
         """
         self.model.train()
-        self.accumulative_meter.reset()
-        step_bar = trange(
-            len(self.train_dataloader) // self.accumulation_steps,
-            desc=f"Epoch {epoch + 1}/{self.max_epochs}",
-            disable=not is_rank_0(),
-        )
-        for i, batch in enumerate(self.train_dataloader):
-            batch = to_device(batch, self.device)
-            (
-                chosen_input_ids,
-                chosen_attention_mask,
-                chosen_loss_mask,
-                reject_input_ids,
-                reject_attention_mask,
-                reject_loss_mask,
-            ) = (
-                batch["chosen_input_ids"],
-                batch["chosen_attention_mask"],
-                batch["chosen_loss_mask"],
-                batch["reject_input_ids"],
-                batch["reject_attention_mask"],
-                batch["reject_loss_mask"],
-            )
-            if not self.apply_loss_mask:
-                chosen_loss_mask = chosen_loss_mask.fill_(1.0)
-                reject_loss_mask = reject_loss_mask.fill_(1.0)
-
-            batch_size = chosen_input_ids.size()[0]
-
-            actor_all_logits = self.model(
-                input_ids=torch.cat([chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids]),
-                attention_mask=torch.cat([chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask]),
-            )["logits"]
-            actor_chosen_logits = actor_all_logits[:batch_size]
-            actor_reject_logits = actor_all_logits[batch_size:]
-            logprob_actor_chosen = calc_masked_log_probs(
-                actor_chosen_logits, chosen_input_ids, chosen_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
-            )
-
-            logprob_actor_reject = calc_masked_log_probs(
-                actor_reject_logits, reject_input_ids, reject_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+        if isinstance(self.plugin, HybridParallelPlugin) and self.plugin.pp_size > 1:
+            step_bar = tqdm(
+                range(len(self.train_dataloader)),
+                desc="Step",
+                disable=not (dist.get_rank() == dist.get_world_size() - 1),
             )
-
-            if self.ref_model is not None:
-                self.ref_model.eval()
-                with torch.no_grad():
-                    ref_all_logits = self.ref_model(
-                        input_ids=torch.cat([chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids]),
-                        attention_mask=torch.cat([chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask]),
-                    )["logits"]
-                    ref_chosen_logits = ref_all_logits[:batch_size]
-                    ref_reject_logits = ref_all_logits[batch_size:]
-                    logprob_ref_chosen = calc_masked_log_probs(
-                        ref_chosen_logits, chosen_input_ids, chosen_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
-                    )
-                    logprob_ref_reject = calc_masked_log_probs(
-                        ref_reject_logits, reject_input_ids, reject_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+            for i, batch in enumerate(self.train_dataloader):
+                batch = to_device(batch, self.device)
+                (
+                    chosen_input_ids,
+                    chosen_attention_mask,
+                    chosen_loss_mask,
+                    reject_input_ids,
+                    reject_attention_mask,
+                    reject_loss_mask,
+                ) = (
+                    batch["chosen_input_ids"],
+                    batch["chosen_attention_mask"],
+                    batch["chosen_loss_mask"],
+                    batch["reject_input_ids"],
+                    batch["reject_attention_mask"],
+                    batch["reject_loss_mask"],
+                )
+                batch_size = chosen_input_ids.size()[0]
+                # Calculate logits from reference model.
+                if self.ref_model is not None:
+                    self.ref_model.eval()
+                    with torch.no_grad():
+                        ref_all_logits = self.ref_model(
+                            input_ids=torch.cat([chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids]),
+                            attention_mask=torch.cat([chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask]),
+                        )["logits"]
+                        ref_chosen_logits = ref_all_logits[:batch_size]
+                        ref_reject_logits = ref_all_logits[batch_size:]
+                        logprob_ref_chosen = calc_masked_log_probs(
+                            ref_chosen_logits, chosen_input_ids, chosen_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+                        )
+                        logprob_ref_reject = calc_masked_log_probs(
+                            ref_reject_logits, reject_input_ids, reject_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+                        )
+                else:
+                    logprob_ref_chosen = None
+                    logprob_ref_reject = None
+
+                # Merge chosen and reject
+                inputs_ids = torch.stack([item for tup in zip(chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids) for item in tup])
+                attention_mask = torch.stack(
+                    [item for tup in zip(chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask) for item in tup]
+                )
+                loss_mask = torch.stack([item for tup in zip(chosen_loss_mask, reject_loss_mask) for item in tup])
+                logprob_ref = torch.stack([item for tup in zip(logprob_ref_chosen, logprob_ref_reject) for item in tup])
+
+                data_iter = iter(
+                    [
+                        {
+                            "input_ids": inputs_ids,
+                            "attention_mask": attention_mask,
+                            "loss_mask": loss_mask,
+                            "logprob_ref": logprob_ref,
+                        }
+                    ]
+                )
+                rewards = []
+
+                def _criterion(outputs, inputs):
+                    loss, chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards = self.actor_loss_fn(
+                        calc_masked_log_probs(
+                            outputs["logits"][0::2],
+                            inputs["input_ids"][0::2],
+                            inputs["loss_mask"][0::2][:, 1:],
+                            self.length_normalization,
+                        ),
+                        calc_masked_log_probs(
+                            outputs["logits"][1::2],
+                            inputs["input_ids"][1::2],
+                            inputs["loss_mask"][1::2][:, 1:],
+                            self.length_normalization,
+                        ),
+                        inputs["logprob_ref"][0::2] if inputs["logprob_ref"] is not None else None,
+                        inputs["logprob_ref"][1::2] if inputs["logprob_ref"] is not None else None,
+                        inputs["loss_mask"][0::2][:, 1:],
+                        inputs["loss_mask"][1::2][:, 1:],
                     )
-            else:
-                logprob_ref_chosen = None
-                logprob_ref_reject = None
-
-            losses, chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards = self.actor_loss_fn(
-                logprob_actor_chosen,
-                logprob_actor_reject,
-                logprob_ref_chosen if logprob_ref_chosen is not None else None,
-                logprob_ref_reject if logprob_ref_reject is not None else None,
-                chosen_loss_mask[:, 1:],
-                reject_loss_mask[:, 1:],
-            )
-            reward_accuracies = (chosen_rewards > rejected_rewards).float().mean()
-
-            # DPO Loss
-            loss = losses.mean()
+                    rewards.append(chosen_rewards)
+                    rewards.append(rejected_rewards)
+                    return loss
+
+                outputs = self.booster.execute_pipeline(
+                    data_iter,
+                    self.model,
+                    criterion=_criterion,
+                    optimizer=self.optimizer,
+                    return_loss=True,
+                )
+                loss = outputs["loss"]
+                if self.booster.plugin.stage_manager.is_last_stage():
+                    chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards = rewards[0], rewards[1]
+                    global_loss = all_reduce_mean(loss, self.plugin)
+                    if dist.get_rank() == dist.get_world_size() - 1:
+                        step_bar.set_postfix(
+                            {
+                                "train/loss": global_loss.item(),
+                                "train/lr": self.actor_scheduler.get_last_lr()[0],
+                                "train/chosen_rewards": chosen_rewards.to(torch.float16).mean().item(),
+                                "train/rejected_rewards": rejected_rewards.to(torch.float16).mean().item(),
+                            }
+                        )
+                        step_bar.update()
+                        self.accumulative_meter.add("loss", global_loss.item())
+                        self.accumulative_meter.add("chosen_rewards", chosen_rewards.to(torch.float16).mean().item())
+                        self.accumulative_meter.add(
+                            "rejected_rewards", rejected_rewards.to(torch.float16).mean().item()
+                        )
+                        if self.writer is not None:
+                            self.writer.add_scalar("train/loss", self.accumulative_meter.get("loss"), i)
+                            self.writer.add_scalar(
+                                "train/chosen_rewards", self.accumulative_meter.get("chosen_rewards"), i
+                            )
+                            self.writer.add_scalar(
+                                "train/rejected_rewards",
+                                self.accumulative_meter.get("rejected_rewards"),
+                                i,
+                            )
+                            self.writer.add_scalar(
+                                "train/margin",
+                                self.accumulative_meter.get("chosen_rewards")
+                                - self.accumulative_meter.get("rejected_rewards"),
+                                i,
+                            )
 
-            self.booster.backward(loss=loss, optimizer=self.optimizer)
-            if self.num_train_step % self.accumulation_steps == self.accumulation_steps - 1:
                 self.optimizer.step()
                 self.optimizer.zero_grad()
                 self.actor_scheduler.step()
-
-            # sync
-            loss_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=loss)
-            chosen_rewards_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=chosen_rewards)
-            rejected_rewards_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=rejected_rewards)
-            reward_accuracies_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=reward_accuracies)
-            self.accumulative_meter.add("chosen_rewards", chosen_rewards_mean.to(torch.float16).mean().item())
-            self.accumulative_meter.add("rejected_rewards", rejected_rewards_mean.to(torch.float16).mean().item())
-            self.accumulative_meter.add("loss", loss_mean.to(torch.float16).item())
-            self.accumulative_meter.add("accuracy", reward_accuracies_mean.to(torch.float16).item())
-
-            if i % self.accumulation_steps == self.accumulation_steps - 1:
-                self.num_train_step += 1
-                step_bar.update()
-                # logging
-                if self.writer and is_rank_0():
-                    self.writer.add_scalar("train/loss", self.accumulative_meter.get("loss"), self.num_train_step)
-                    self.writer.add_scalar("train/lr", self.optimizer.param_groups[0]["lr"], self.num_train_step)
-                    self.writer.add_scalar(
-                        "train/chosen_rewards", self.accumulative_meter.get("chosen_rewards"), self.num_train_step
-                    )
-                    self.writer.add_scalar(
-                        "train/rejected_rewards",
-                        self.accumulative_meter.get("rejected_rewards"),
-                        self.num_train_step,
-                    )
-                    self.writer.add_scalar(
-                        "train/margin",
-                        self.accumulative_meter.get("chosen_rewards") - self.accumulative_meter.get("rejected_rewards"),
-                        self.num_train_step,
-                    )
-                    self.writer.add_scalar(
-                        "train/accuracy",
-                        self.accumulative_meter.get("accuracy"),
-                        self.num_train_step,
-                    )
-                self.accumulative_meter.reset()
-
-                if self.save_dir is not None and (self.num_train_step + 1) % self.save_interval == 0:
-                    # save checkpoint
-                    self.coordinator.print_on_master("\nStart saving model checkpoint with running states")
-                    save_checkpoint(
-                        save_dir=self.save_dir,
-                        booster=self.booster,
-                        model=self.model,
-                        optimizer=self.optimizer,
-                        lr_scheduler=self.actor_scheduler,
-                        epoch=epoch,
-                        step=i + 1,
-                        batch_size=batch_size,
-                        coordinator=self.coordinator,
-                    )
-                    self.coordinator.print_on_master(
-                        f"Saved checkpoint at epoch {epoch} step {self.save_interval} at folder {self.save_dir}"
-                    )
-
-        step_bar.close()
-
-    def _eval(self, epoch: int):
-        """
-        Args:
-            epoch int: the number of current epoch
-        """
-        if self.eval_dataloader is None:
-            self.coordinator.print_on_master("No eval dataloader is provided, skip evaluation")
-            return
-        self.model.eval()
-        self.ref_model.eval()
-        self.coordinator.print_on_master("\nStart evaluation...")
-
-        step_bar = trange(
-            len(self.eval_dataloader),
-            desc=f"Epoch {epoch + 1}/{self.max_epochs}",
-            disable=not is_rank_0(),
-        )
-
-        self.accumulative_meter.reset()
-
-        with torch.no_grad():
-            for i, batch in enumerate(self.eval_dataloader):
+        else:
+            self.accumulative_meter.reset()
+            step_bar = trange(
+                len(self.train_dataloader) // self.accumulation_steps,
+                desc=f"Epoch {epoch + 1}/{self.max_epochs}",
+                disable=not is_rank_0(),
+            )
+            for i, batch in enumerate(self.train_dataloader):
                 batch = to_device(batch, self.device)
                 (
                     chosen_input_ids,
@@ -300,12 +290,11 @@ class DPOTrainer(SLTrainer):
                 batch_size = chosen_input_ids.size()[0]
 
                 actor_all_logits = self.model(
-                    torch.cat([chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids]),
-                    torch.cat([chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask]),
+                    input_ids=torch.cat([chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids]),
+                    attention_mask=torch.cat([chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask]),
                 )["logits"]
                 actor_chosen_logits = actor_all_logits[:batch_size]
                 actor_reject_logits = actor_all_logits[batch_size:]
-
                 logprob_actor_chosen = calc_masked_log_probs(
                     actor_chosen_logits, chosen_input_ids, chosen_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
                 )
@@ -314,22 +303,26 @@ class DPOTrainer(SLTrainer):
                     actor_reject_logits, reject_input_ids, reject_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
                 )
 
-                self.ref_model.eval()
-
-                ref_all_logits = self.ref_model(
-                    torch.cat([chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids]),
-                    torch.cat([chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask]),
-                )["logits"]
-                ref_chosen_logits = ref_all_logits[:batch_size]
-                ref_reject_logits = ref_all_logits[batch_size:]
-                logprob_ref_chosen = calc_masked_log_probs(
-                    ref_chosen_logits, chosen_input_ids, chosen_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
-                )
-                logprob_ref_reject = calc_masked_log_probs(
-                    ref_reject_logits, reject_input_ids, reject_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
-                )
-
-                losses, chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards = self.actor_loss_fn(
+                if self.ref_model is not None:
+                    self.ref_model.eval()
+                    with torch.no_grad():
+                        ref_all_logits = self.ref_model(
+                            input_ids=torch.cat([chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids]),
+                            attention_mask=torch.cat([chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask]),
+                        )["logits"]
+                        ref_chosen_logits = ref_all_logits[:batch_size]
+                        ref_reject_logits = ref_all_logits[batch_size:]
+                        logprob_ref_chosen = calc_masked_log_probs(
+                            ref_chosen_logits, chosen_input_ids, chosen_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+                        )
+                        logprob_ref_reject = calc_masked_log_probs(
+                            ref_reject_logits, reject_input_ids, reject_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+                        )
+                else:
+                    logprob_ref_chosen = None
+                    logprob_ref_reject = None
+
+                loss, chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards = self.actor_loss_fn(
                     logprob_actor_chosen,
                     logprob_actor_reject,
                     logprob_ref_chosen if logprob_ref_chosen is not None else None,
@@ -338,7 +331,9 @@ class DPOTrainer(SLTrainer):
                     reject_loss_mask[:, 1:],
                 )
                 reward_accuracies = (chosen_rewards > rejected_rewards).float().mean()
-                loss = losses.mean()
+
+                self.booster.backward(loss=loss, optimizer=self.optimizer)
+                # sync
                 loss_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=loss)
                 chosen_rewards_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=chosen_rewards)
                 rejected_rewards_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=rejected_rewards)
@@ -347,16 +342,301 @@ class DPOTrainer(SLTrainer):
                 self.accumulative_meter.add("rejected_rewards", rejected_rewards_mean.to(torch.float16).mean().item())
                 self.accumulative_meter.add("loss", loss_mean.to(torch.float16).item())
                 self.accumulative_meter.add("accuracy", reward_accuracies_mean.to(torch.float16).item())
-                self.accumulative_meter.add(
-                    "margin", (chosen_rewards_mean - rejected_rewards_mean).to(torch.float16).mean().item()
+
+                if (i + 1) % self.accumulation_steps == 0:
+                    self.optimizer.step()
+                    self.optimizer.zero_grad()
+                    self.actor_scheduler.step()
+
+                    step_bar.set_postfix(
+                        {
+                            "train/loss": self.accumulative_meter.get("loss"),
+                            "train/chosen_rewards": self.accumulative_meter.get("chosen_rewards"),
+                            "train/rejected_rewards": self.accumulative_meter.get("rejected_rewards"),
+                            "train/accuracy": self.accumulative_meter.get("accuracy"),
+                        }
+                    )
+                    step_bar.update()
+                    if self.writer and is_rank_0():
+                        self.writer.add_scalar("train/loss", self.accumulative_meter.get("loss"), self.num_train_step)
+                        self.writer.add_scalar("train/lr", self.optimizer.param_groups[0]["lr"], self.num_train_step)
+                        self.writer.add_scalar(
+                            "train/chosen_rewards", self.accumulative_meter.get("chosen_rewards"), self.num_train_step
+                        )
+                        self.writer.add_scalar(
+                            "train/rejected_rewards",
+                            self.accumulative_meter.get("rejected_rewards"),
+                            self.num_train_step,
+                        )
+                        self.writer.add_scalar(
+                            "train/margin",
+                            self.accumulative_meter.get("chosen_rewards")
+                            - self.accumulative_meter.get("rejected_rewards"),
+                            self.num_train_step,
+                        )
+                        self.writer.add_scalar(
+                            "train/accuracy",
+                            self.accumulative_meter.get("accuracy"),
+                            self.num_train_step,
+                        )
+                    self.num_train_step += 1
+                    self.accumulative_meter.reset()
+
+            if self.save_dir is not None and self.num_train_step > 0 and self.num_train_step % self.save_interval == 0:
+                # save checkpoint
+                self.coordinator.print_on_master("\nStart saving model checkpoint with running states")
+                save_checkpoint(
+                    save_dir=self.save_dir,
+                    booster=self.booster,
+                    model=self.model,
+                    optimizer=self.optimizer,
+                    lr_scheduler=self.actor_scheduler,
+                    epoch=epoch,
+                    step=self.num_train_step,
+                    batch_size=batch_size,
+                    coordinator=self.coordinator,
                 )
-                step_bar.update()
-
-        msg = "Evaluation Result:\n"
-        for tag in ["loss", "chosen_rewards", "rejected_rewards", "accuracy", "margin"]:
-            msg = msg + f"{tag}: {self.accumulative_meter.get(tag)}\n"
-        self.coordinator.print_on_master(msg)
-        os.makedirs(self.save_dir, exist_ok=True)
-        with open(os.path.join(self.save_dir, f"eval_result_epoch{epoch}.txt"), "w") as f:
-            f.write(msg)
+                self.coordinator.print_on_master(
+                    f"Saved checkpoint at epoch {epoch} step {self.save_interval} at folder {self.save_dir}"
+                )
+
+        step_bar.close()
+
+    def _eval(self, epoch: int):
+        """
+        Args:
+            epoch int: the number of current epoch
+        """
+        if self.eval_dataloader is None:
+            self.coordinator.print_on_master("No eval dataloader is provided, skip evaluation")
+            return
+        self.model.eval()
+        self.ref_model.eval()
+        self.accumulative_meter.reset()
+        self.coordinator.print_on_master("\nStart evaluation...")
+
+        if isinstance(self.plugin, HybridParallelPlugin) and self.plugin.pp_size > 1:
+            step_bar = tqdm(
+                range(len(self.eval_dataloader)),
+                desc="Step",
+                disable=not (dist.get_rank() == dist.get_world_size() - 1),
+            )
+            with torch.no_grad():
+                for _, batch in enumerate(self.eval_dataloader):
+                    batch = to_device(batch, self.device)
+                    (
+                        chosen_input_ids,
+                        chosen_attention_mask,
+                        chosen_loss_mask,
+                        reject_input_ids,
+                        reject_attention_mask,
+                        reject_loss_mask,
+                    ) = (
+                        batch["chosen_input_ids"],
+                        batch["chosen_attention_mask"],
+                        batch["chosen_loss_mask"],
+                        batch["reject_input_ids"],
+                        batch["reject_attention_mask"],
+                        batch["reject_loss_mask"],
+                    )
+                    batch_size = chosen_input_ids.size()[0]
+                    # Calculate logits from reference model.
+                    if self.ref_model is not None:
+                        self.ref_model.eval()
+                        with torch.no_grad():
+                            ref_all_logits = self.ref_model(
+                                input_ids=torch.cat([chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids]),
+                                attention_mask=torch.cat([chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask]),
+                            )["logits"]
+                            ref_chosen_logits = ref_all_logits[:batch_size]
+                            ref_reject_logits = ref_all_logits[batch_size:]
+                            logprob_ref_chosen = calc_masked_log_probs(
+                                ref_chosen_logits, chosen_input_ids, chosen_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+                            )
+                            logprob_ref_reject = calc_masked_log_probs(
+                                ref_reject_logits, reject_input_ids, reject_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+                            )
+                    else:
+                        logprob_ref_chosen = None
+                        logprob_ref_reject = None
+
+                    # Merge chosen and reject
+                    inputs_ids = torch.stack([item for tup in zip(chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids) for item in tup])
+                    attention_mask = torch.stack(
+                        [item for tup in zip(chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask) for item in tup]
+                    )
+                    loss_mask = torch.stack([item for tup in zip(chosen_loss_mask, reject_loss_mask) for item in tup])
+                    logprob_ref = torch.stack(
+                        [item for tup in zip(logprob_ref_chosen, logprob_ref_reject) for item in tup]
+                    )
+
+                    data_iter = iter(
+                        [
+                            {
+                                "input_ids": inputs_ids,
+                                "attention_mask": attention_mask,
+                                "loss_mask": loss_mask,
+                                "logprob_ref": logprob_ref,
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    )
+                    rewards = []
+
+                    def _criterion(outputs, inputs):
+                        loss, chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards = self.actor_loss_fn(
+                            calc_masked_log_probs(
+                                outputs["logits"][0::2],
+                                inputs["input_ids"][0::2],
+                                inputs["loss_mask"][0::2][:, 1:],
+                                self.length_normalization,
+                            ),
+                            calc_masked_log_probs(
+                                outputs["logits"][1::2],
+                                inputs["input_ids"][1::2],
+                                inputs["loss_mask"][1::2][:, 1:],
+                                self.length_normalization,
+                            ),
+                            inputs["logprob_ref"][0::2] if inputs["logprob_ref"] is not None else None,
+                            inputs["logprob_ref"][1::2] if inputs["logprob_ref"] is not None else None,
+                            inputs["loss_mask"][0::2][:, 1:],
+                            inputs["loss_mask"][1::2][:, 1:],
+                        )
+                        rewards.append(chosen_rewards)
+                        rewards.append(rejected_rewards)
+                        return loss
+
+                    outputs = self.booster.execute_pipeline(
+                        data_iter,
+                        self.model,
+                        criterion=_criterion,
+                        optimizer=self.optimizer,
+                        return_loss=True,
+                    )
+                    loss = outputs["loss"]
+                    if self.booster.plugin.stage_manager.is_last_stage():
+                        chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards = rewards[0], rewards[1]
+                        global_loss = all_reduce_mean(loss, self.plugin)
+                        chosen_rewards_mean = all_reduce_mean(chosen_rewards, self.plugin)
+                        rejected_rewards_mean = all_reduce_mean(rejected_rewards, self.plugin)
+                        if dist.get_rank() == dist.get_world_size() - 1:
+                            step_bar.set_postfix(
+                                {
+                                    "eval/loss": global_loss.item(),
+                                    "eval/lr": self.actor_scheduler.get_last_lr()[0],
+                                    "eval/chosen_rewards": chosen_rewards.to(torch.float16).mean().item(),
+                                    "eval/rejected_rewards": rejected_rewards.to(torch.float16).mean().item(),
+                                }
+                            )
+                            self.accumulative_meter.add(
+                                "chosen_rewards", chosen_rewards_mean.to(torch.float16).mean().item()
+                            )
+                            self.accumulative_meter.add(
+                                "rejected_rewards", rejected_rewards_mean.to(torch.float16).mean().item()
+                            )
+                            self.accumulative_meter.add("loss", global_loss.to(torch.float16).item())
+                            step_bar.update()
+                if self.booster.plugin.stage_manager.is_last_stage():
+                    msg = "\nEvaluation Result:\n"
+                    for tag in ["loss", "chosen_rewards", "rejected_rewards"]:
+                        msg = msg + f"{tag}: {self.accumulative_meter.get(tag)}\n"
+                    if dist.get_rank() == dist.get_world_size() - 1:
+                        print(msg)
+        else:
+            step_bar = trange(
+                len(self.eval_dataloader),
+                desc=f"Epoch {epoch + 1}/{self.max_epochs}",
+                disable=not is_rank_0(),
+            )
+            with torch.no_grad():
+                for i, batch in enumerate(self.eval_dataloader):
+                    batch = to_device(batch, self.device)
+                    (
+                        chosen_input_ids,
+                        chosen_attention_mask,
+                        chosen_loss_mask,
+                        reject_input_ids,
+                        reject_attention_mask,
+                        reject_loss_mask,
+                    ) = (
+                        batch["chosen_input_ids"],
+                        batch["chosen_attention_mask"],
+                        batch["chosen_loss_mask"],
+                        batch["reject_input_ids"],
+                        batch["reject_attention_mask"],
+                        batch["reject_loss_mask"],
+                    )
+                    if not self.apply_loss_mask:
+                        chosen_loss_mask = chosen_loss_mask.fill_(1.0)
+                        reject_loss_mask = reject_loss_mask.fill_(1.0)
+
+                    batch_size = chosen_input_ids.size()[0]
+
+                    actor_all_logits = self.model(
+                        torch.cat([chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids]),
+                        torch.cat([chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask]),
+                    )["logits"]
+                    actor_chosen_logits = actor_all_logits[:batch_size]
+                    actor_reject_logits = actor_all_logits[batch_size:]
+
+                    logprob_actor_chosen = calc_masked_log_probs(
+                        actor_chosen_logits, chosen_input_ids, chosen_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+                    )
+
+                    logprob_actor_reject = calc_masked_log_probs(
+                        actor_reject_logits, reject_input_ids, reject_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+                    )
+                    ref_all_logits = self.ref_model(
+                        torch.cat([chosen_input_ids, reject_input_ids]),
+                        torch.cat([chosen_attention_mask, reject_attention_mask]),
+                    )["logits"]
+                    ref_chosen_logits = ref_all_logits[:batch_size]
+                    ref_reject_logits = ref_all_logits[batch_size:]
+                    logprob_ref_chosen = calc_masked_log_probs(
+                        ref_chosen_logits, chosen_input_ids, chosen_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+                    )
+                    logprob_ref_reject = calc_masked_log_probs(
+                        ref_reject_logits, reject_input_ids, reject_loss_mask[:, 1:], self.length_normalization
+                    )
+
+                    losses, chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards = self.actor_loss_fn(
+                        logprob_actor_chosen,
+                        logprob_actor_reject,
+                        logprob_ref_chosen if logprob_ref_chosen is not None else None,
+                        logprob_ref_reject if logprob_ref_reject is not None else None,
+                        chosen_loss_mask[:, 1:],
+                        reject_loss_mask[:, 1:],
+                    )
+                    reward_accuracies = (chosen_rewards > rejected_rewards).float().mean()
+                    loss = losses.mean()
+                    loss_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=loss)
+                    chosen_rewards_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=chosen_rewards)
+                    rejected_rewards_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=rejected_rewards)
+                    reward_accuracies_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=reward_accuracies)
+                    self.accumulative_meter.add("chosen_rewards", chosen_rewards_mean.to(torch.float16).mean().item())
+                    self.accumulative_meter.add(
+                        "rejected_rewards", rejected_rewards_mean.to(torch.float16).mean().item()
+                    )
+                    self.accumulative_meter.add("loss", loss_mean.to(torch.float16).item())
+                    self.accumulative_meter.add("accuracy", reward_accuracies_mean.to(torch.float16).item())
+                    self.accumulative_meter.add(
+                        "margin", (chosen_rewards_mean - rejected_rewards_mean).to(torch.float16).mean().item()
+                    )
+                    step_bar.set_postfix(
+                        {
+                            "eval/loss": self.accumulative_meter.get("loss"),
+                            "eval/chosen_rewards": self.accumulative_meter.get("chosen_rewards"),
+                            "eval/rejected_rewards": self.accumulative_meter.get("rejected_rewards"),
+                            "eval/accuracy": self.accumulative_meter.get("accuracy"),
+                        }
+                    )
+                    step_bar.update()
+
+            msg = "\nEvaluation Result:\n"
+            for tag in ["loss", "chosen_rewards", "rejected_rewards", "accuracy", "margin"]:
+                msg = msg + f"{tag}: {self.accumulative_meter.get(tag)}\n"
+            self.coordinator.print_on_master(msg)
+        if self.save_dir is not None:
+            os.makedirs(self.save_dir, exist_ok=True)
+            with open(os.path.join(self.save_dir, f"eval_result_epoch{epoch}.txt"), "w") as f:
+                f.write(msg)
         step_bar.close()
diff --git a/applications/ColossalChat/examples/data_preparation_scripts/prepare_dataset.py b/applications/ColossalChat/examples/data_preparation_scripts/prepare_dataset.py
index a35f2bf52..b551497b9 100644
--- a/applications/ColossalChat/examples/data_preparation_scripts/prepare_dataset.py
+++ b/applications/ColossalChat/examples/data_preparation_scripts/prepare_dataset.py
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ def main():
         "--conversation_template_config",
         type=str,
         default="conversation_template_config",
-        help="Path \
-        to save conversation template config files.",
+        help="Path to save conversation template config files.",
     )
     parser.add_argument("--data_cache_dir", type=str, default="cache", help="Data cache directory")
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/applications/ColossalChat/examples/training_scripts/train_dpo.py b/applications/ColossalChat/examples/training_scripts/train_dpo.py
index 3b324ee78..ad81db73a 100755
--- a/applications/ColossalChat/examples/training_scripts/train_dpo.py
+++ b/applications/ColossalChat/examples/training_scripts/train_dpo.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
 
 import colossalai
 from colossalai.booster import Booster
-from colossalai.booster.plugin import GeminiPlugin, HybridParallelPlugin, LowLevelZeroPlugin
+from colossalai.booster.plugin import GeminiPlugin, HybridParallelPlugin, LowLevelZeroPlugin, TorchDDPPlugin
 from colossalai.cluster import DistCoordinator
 from colossalai.logging import get_dist_logger
 from colossalai.nn.lr_scheduler import CosineAnnealingWarmupLR
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ def train(args):
     # check lora compatibility
     if "gemini" in args.plugin and lora_config is not None and lora_config.r > 0:
         raise ValueError("LoRA is not supported in GeminiPlugin. Please use other plugin")
-    if args.plugin == "gemini_auto" and args.accumulation_steps > 1:
-        raise ValueError("Gradient accumulation is not supported in GeminiPlugin. Please use other plugin")
 
     # ==============================
     # Initialize Distributed Training
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ def train(args):
         Default torch ddp plugin without any acceleration, for
         debugging purpose acceleration, for debugging purpose
         """
-        plugin = TorchDDPPlugin(find_unused_parameters=True)
+        plugin = TorchDDPPlugin(find_unused_parameters=not args.grad_checkpoint)
     elif args.plugin == "gemini":
         plugin = GeminiPlugin(
             precision=args.mixed_precision,
@@ -56,14 +54,6 @@ def train(args):
             enable_gradient_accumulation=True,
             enable_flash_attention=args.use_flash_attn,
         )
-    elif args.plugin == "gemini_auto":
-        plugin = GeminiPlugin(
-            precision=args.mixed_precision,
-            placement_policy="auto",
-            initial_scale=2**16,
-            max_norm=args.grad_clip,
-            enable_flash_attention=args.use_flash_attn,
-        )
     elif args.plugin == "zero2":
         plugin = LowLevelZeroPlugin(
             stage=2,
@@ -92,20 +82,24 @@ def train(args):
             parallel_output=False,
             max_norm=args.grad_clip,
             precision=args.mixed_precision,
+            microbatch_size=args.microbatch_size,
         )
     else:
         raise ValueError(f"Unknown plugin {args.plugin}")
 
     booster = Booster(plugin=plugin)
-    ref_booster = Booster(plugin=plugin)
 
-    # ======================================================
-    # Initialize Model, Objective, Optimizer and LR Scheduler
-    # ======================================================
-    # Temp Fix: Disable lazy init due to version conflict
-    # init_ctx = (
-    #     LazyInitContext(default_device=get_current_device()) if isinstance(plugin, (GeminiPlugin,)) else nullcontext()
-    # )
+    ref_plugin = HybridParallelPlugin(
+        tp_size=args.ref_tp,
+        pp_size=1,
+        zero_stage=args.zero_stage,
+        enable_flash_attention=args.use_flash_attn,
+        cpu_offload=True if args.zero_stage >= 1 and args.zero_cpu_offload else False,
+        parallel_output=False,
+        max_norm=args.grad_clip,
+        precision=args.mixed_precision,
+    )
+    ref_booster = Booster(plugin=ref_plugin)
 
     init_ctx = nullcontext()
     with init_ctx:
@@ -130,6 +124,7 @@ def train(args):
                 ref_model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(args.pretrain)
         else:
             ref_model = None
+
         if args.lora_config is not None:
             model = convert_to_lora_module(model, lora_config=lora_config)
             for name, module in model.named_modules():
@@ -139,7 +134,9 @@ def train(args):
         disable_dropout(ref_model)
 
     if args.grad_checkpoint:
-        # Note, for some models, lora may not be compatible with gradient checkpointing
+        # Make sure gradient checkpointing can be activated.
+        model.train()
+        # Note, for some models, lora may not be compatible with gradient checkpointing.
         model.gradient_checkpointing_enable(gradient_checkpointing_kwargs={"use_reentrant": False})
         coordinator.print_on_master(msg="Gradient checkpointing enabled successfully")
 
@@ -169,7 +166,7 @@ def train(args):
         adamw_mode=True,
     )
 
-    # configure dataset
+    # Configure dataset
     coordinator.print_on_master(f"Load dataset: {args.dataset}")
     mode_map = {"train": "train", "valid": "validation", "test": "test"}
     train_dataset = load_tokenized_dataset(dataset_paths=args.dataset, mode="train", mode_map=mode_map)
@@ -213,14 +210,15 @@ def train(args):
 
     default_dtype = torch.float16 if args.mixed_precision == "fp16" else torch.bfloat16
     torch.set_default_dtype(default_dtype)
+
     model, optim, _, train_dataloader, lr_scheduler = booster.boost(
         model=model,
         optimizer=optim,
         lr_scheduler=lr_scheduler,
         dataloader=train_dataloader,
     )
-    if ref_model is not None:
-        ref_model, _, _, _, _ = ref_booster.boost(model=ref_model, dataloader=train_dataloader)
+    ref_model, _, _, _, _ = ref_booster.boost(model=ref_model)
+
     torch.set_default_dtype(torch.float)
 
     coordinator.print_on_master(f"Booster init max CUDA memory: {torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated() / 1024 ** 2:.2f} MB")
@@ -312,7 +310,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         "--plugin",
         type=str,
         default="gemini",
-        choices=["gemini", "gemini_auto", "zero2", "zero2_cpu", "3d"],
+        choices=["gemini", "zero2", "zero2_cpu", "3d", "ddp"],
         help="Choose which plugin to use",
     )
     parser.add_argument("--grad_clip", type=float, default=1.0, help="Gradient clipping value")
@@ -342,22 +340,35 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser.add_argument("--max_length", type=int, default=2048, help="Model max length")
     parser.add_argument("--max_epochs", type=int, default=3)
     parser.add_argument("--batch_size", type=int, default=4)
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--disable_reference_model",
-        action="store_true",
-        default=False,
-        help="Disable the reference model (enabled by default)",
-    )
     parser.add_argument("--disable_loss_mask", default=False, action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("--mixed_precision", type=str, default="fp16", choices=["fp16", "bf16"], help="Mixed precision")
     parser.add_argument("--lora_config", type=str, default=None, help="low-rank adaptation config file path")
     parser.add_argument("--save_interval", type=int, default=1000, help="number of step between two checkpoints")
     parser.add_argument("--lr", type=float, default=5e-6)
-    parser.add_argument("--accumulation_steps", type=int, default=8)
+    parser.add_argument("--accumulation_steps", type=int, default=1)
     parser.add_argument("--log_dir", default=None, type=str)
     parser.add_argument("--use_wandb", default=False, action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("--grad_checkpoint", default=False, action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("--use_flash_attn", default=False, action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--microbatch_size",
+        type=int,
+        default=2,
+        help="Micro batch size for PP training. To activate PP training for DPO-like algorithm, you must keep size even and the size should be equal or greater than 2.",
+    )
+    # Parameter for reference model
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--disable_reference_model",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Disable the reference model (enabled by default)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--ref_tp",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="TP size for reference model; used only when reference model is too large.",
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # fool proof hyperparameter setup
diff --git a/applications/ColossalChat/examples/training_scripts/train_sft.py b/applications/ColossalChat/examples/training_scripts/train_sft.py
index 62acad32f..e319340c3 100755
--- a/applications/ColossalChat/examples/training_scripts/train_sft.py
+++ b/applications/ColossalChat/examples/training_scripts/train_sft.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def train(args):
         Default torch ddp plugin without any acceleration, for
         debugging purpose acceleration, for debugging purpose
         """
-        plugin = TorchDDPPlugin(find_unused_parameters=True if args.grad_checkpoint is False else False)
+        plugin = TorchDDPPlugin(find_unused_parameters=not args.grad_checkpoint)
     elif args.plugin == "gemini":
         plugin = GeminiPlugin(
             precision=args.mixed_precision,
diff --git a/applications/ColossalChat/tests/test_templating.sh b/applications/ColossalChat/tests/test_templating.sh
index 6ee10e8be..defe6f71b 100755
--- a/applications/ColossalChat/tests/test_templating.sh
+++ b/applications/ColossalChat/tests/test_templating.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ BASE_TEMP_DIR=$BASE_DIR/temp
 EXAMPLES_DIR=$BASE_DIR/examples
 TEST_DATA_DIR=$BASE_DIR/tests/test_data
 DATA_SAVE_PATH=$BASE_TEMP_DIR/tests
-CONFIG_DIR=$BASE_DIR/config
+CONFIG_DIR=$BASE_DIR/conversation_template
 
 # MODELS=("colossal-llama2" "llama2" "mistral" "chatGLM2" "chatGLM3" "deepseek" "Yi" "baichuan")  # for local test
 MODELS=("colossal-llama2" "llama2" "chatGLM2" "chatGLM3" "deepseek" "Yi")
@@ -39,23 +39,23 @@ get_pretrain() {
 get_conversation_template_config() {
     local model=$1
     if [[ $model == "colossal-llama2" ]]; then
-        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/conversation_template/colossal-llama2.json"
+        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/colossal-llama2.json"
     elif [[ $model == "llama2" ]]; then
-        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/conversation_template/llama2.json"
+        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/llama2.json"
     elif [[ $model == "deepseek" ]]; then
-        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/conversation_template/deepseek-ai_DeepSeek-V2-Lite.json"
+        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/deepseek-ai_DeepSeek-V2-Lite.json"
     elif [[ $model == "mistral" ]]; then
-        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/conversation_template/mistralai_Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1.json"
+        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/mistralai_Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1.json"
     elif [[ $model == "chatGLM2" ]]; then
-        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/conversation_template/THUDM_chatglm2-6b.json"
+        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/THUDM_chatglm2-6b.json"
     elif [[ $model == "chatGLM3" ]]; then
-        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/conversation_template/THUDM_chatglm3-6b.json"
+        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/THUDM_chatglm3-6b.json"
     elif [[ $model == "phi" ]]; then
-        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/conversation_template/microsoft_phi-2.json"
+        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/microsoft_phi-2.json"
     elif [[ $model == "Yi" ]]; then
-        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/conversation_template/01-ai_Yi-1.5-9B-Chat.json"
+        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/01-ai_Yi-1.5-9B-Chat.json"
     elif [[ $model == "baichuan" ]]; then
-        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/conversation_template/baichuan-inc_Baichuan2-13B-Chat.json"
+        echo "$CONFIG_DIR/baichuan-inc_Baichuan2-13B-Chat.json"
     else
         echo "Unknown model $model"
         exit 1
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ for model in ${MODELS[@]}; do
     rm -rf $SAVE_DIR/arrow
     pretrain=$(get_pretrain $model)
     conversation_template_config=$(get_conversation_template_config $model)
+    echo $conversation_template_config
     python $EXAMPLES_DIR/data_preparation_scripts/prepare_dataset.py --type sft --data_input_dirs $TEST_DATA_DIR/sft \
         --tokenizer_dir $pretrain \
         --conversation_template_config $conversation_template_config \
diff --git a/colossalai/shardformer/modeling/llama.py b/colossalai/shardformer/modeling/llama.py
index 47c17e749..2a5b60287 100644
--- a/colossalai/shardformer/modeling/llama.py
+++ b/colossalai/shardformer/modeling/llama.py
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ class LlamaPipelineForwards:
         hidden_states: Optional[torch.FloatTensor] = None,
         stage_index: Optional[List[int]] = None,
         shard_config: ShardConfig = None,
+        **kwargs,
     ):
         r"""
         Args: