diff --git a/docs/zh_cn/tutorials/evaluator.md b/docs/zh_cn/tutorials/evaluator.md
index abcd6fb9cb3737fbde25469d3e3c46926079896d..d2ab35b66168753846a9e122f3de9b431b546259 100644
--- a/docs/zh_cn/tutorials/evaluator.md
+++ b/docs/zh_cn/tutorials/evaluator.md
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ import numpy as np
 
 @EVALUATORS.register_module()
 class AccuracyEvaluator(BaseEvaluator):
-    
+
     def process(self, data_samples: Dict, predictions: Dict):
         """Process one batch of data and predictions. The processed
         Results should be stored in `self.results`, which will be used
         to computed the metrics when all batches have been processed.
-        
+
         Args:
             data_samples (dict): The data samples from the dataset.
             predictions (dict): The output of the model.
@@ -113,16 +113,16 @@ class AccuracyEvaluator(BaseEvaluator):
             'pred': predictions.pred_label,
             'gt': data_samples.gt_label
         )
-        
+
         # 将当前 batch 的结果存进 self.results
         self.results.append(result)
-    
+
     def compute_metrics(self, results: List):
         """Compute the metrics from processed results.
 
         Args:
             results (dict): The processed results of each batch.
-    
+
         Returns:
             Dict: The computed metrics. The keys are the names of the metrics,
             and the values are corresponding results.
diff --git a/docs/zh_cn/tutorials/registry.md b/docs/zh_cn/tutorials/registry.md
index 164cb0ea2b9dba8ba16b150289b0c88406179b7c..b0c5b7ce74abdfd0a18c43eb90a0f1802bd677a7 100644
--- a/docs/zh_cn/tutorials/registry.md
+++ b/docs/zh_cn/tutorials/registry.md
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ MMEngine 的注册器支持跨项目调用，即可以在一个项目中使用
 - DATA_SAMPLERS: `Dataloader` 的 `sampler`，用于采样数据
 - PIPELINES: 各种数据预处理，如 `Resize`, `Reshape`
 - MODELS: 模型的各种模块
+- MODEL_WRAPPERS: 模型的包装器，如 `MMDistributedDataParallel`，用于对分布式数据并行
 - WEIGHT_INITIALIZERS: 权重初始化的工具
 - OPTIMIZERS: 注册了 PyTorch 中所有的 `optimizer` 以及自定义的 `optimizer`
 - OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS: optimizer 的构造器
diff --git a/mmengine/__init__.py b/mmengine/__init__.py
index 9e229e25e641a984933ecec67a3c181cec5564b9..55e7b929a4b0248231834eb21bbd3f99dc635407 100644
--- a/mmengine/__init__.py
+++ b/mmengine/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
 # flake8: noqa
 from .config import *
-from .dataset import *
 from .data import *
+from .dataset import *
 from .fileio import *
 from .registry import *
 from .utils import *
diff --git a/mmengine/model/__init__.py b/mmengine/model/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3620b7ff3f1c3e8b37be0a58f991c1703dc70a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mmengine/model/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+from .wrappers import (MMDataParallel, MMDistributedDataParallel,
+                       is_model_wrapper)
+
+__all__ = ['MMDistributedDataParallel', 'MMDataParallel', 'is_model_wrapper']
diff --git a/mmengine/model/wrappers/__init__.py b/mmengine/model/wrappers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1cab521decd4ac9cac834efc01c62113c17fafcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mmengine/model/wrappers/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+from .data_parallel import MMDataParallel, MMDistributedDataParallel
+from .utils import is_model_wrapper
+
+__all__ = ['MMDistributedDataParallel', 'MMDataParallel', 'is_model_wrapper']
diff --git a/mmengine/model/wrappers/data_parallel.py b/mmengine/model/wrappers/data_parallel.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c2967ceae536a539ddef80810272f9381be80664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mmengine/model/wrappers/data_parallel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+from itertools import chain
+
+import torch
+from torch.nn.parallel import DataParallel
+from torch.nn.parallel.distributed import (DistributedDataParallel,
+                                           _find_tensors)
+
+from mmengine.registry import MODEL_WRAPPERS
+from mmengine.utils import TORCH_VERSION, digit_version
+
+
+@MODEL_WRAPPERS.register_module()
+class MMDataParallel(DataParallel):
+    """There is no difference between MMDataParallel and pytorch's
+    DataParallel, "train_step" and "val_step" are added just to avoid bc
+    breaking.
+
+    Warning:
+        MMDataParallel only supports single GPU training, if you
+        need to  train with multiple GPUs, please use MMDistributedDataParallel
+        instead. If you have multiple GPUs and you just want to use
+        MMDataParallel, you can set the environment variable
+        ``CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0`` or instantiate ``MMDataParallel`` with
+        ``device_ids=[0]``.
+    """
+
+    def train_step(self, *inputs, **kwargs):
+        assert len(self.device_ids) == 1, \
+            ('MMDataParallel only supports single GPU training, if you need to'
+             ' train with multiple GPUs, please use MMDistributedDataParallel'
+             ' instead.')
+        assert hasattr(self.module, 'train_step')
+        for t in chain(self.module.parameters(), self.module.buffers()):
+            if t.device != self.src_device_obj:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    'module must have its parameters and buffers '
+                    f'on device {self.src_device_obj} (device_ids[0]) but '
+                    f'found one of them on device: {t.device}')
+        return self.module.train_step(*inputs, **kwargs)
+
+    def val_step(self, *inputs, **kwargs):
+        assert len(self.device_ids) == 1, \
+            ('MMDataParallel only supports single GPU training, if you need to'
+             ' train with multiple GPUs, please use MMDistributedDataParallel'
+             ' instead.')
+        assert hasattr(self.module, 'val_step')
+        for t in chain(self.module.parameters(), self.module.buffers()):
+            if t.device != self.src_device_obj:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    'module must have its parameters and buffers '
+                    f'on device {self.src_device_obj} (device_ids[0]) but '
+                    f'found one of them on device: {t.device}')
+        return self.module.val_step(*inputs, **kwargs)
+
+
+@MODEL_WRAPPERS.register_module()
+class MMDistributedDataParallel(DistributedDataParallel):
+    """There is no difference between MMDistributedDataParallel and pytorch's
+    DistributedDataParallel, "train_step" and "val_step" are added just to
+    avoid bc breaking."""
+
+    def train_step(self, *inputs, **kwargs):
+        """train_step() API for module wrapped by DistributedDataParallel.
+
+        This method is basically the same as
+        ``DistributedDataParallel.forward()``, while replacing
+        ``self.module.forward()`` with ``self.module.train_step()``.
+        It is compatible with PyTorch 1.1 - 1.5.
+        """
+
+        # In PyTorch >= 1.7, ``reducer._rebuild_buckets()`` is moved from the
+        # end of backward to the beginning of forward.
+        if ('parrots' not in TORCH_VERSION
+                and digit_version(TORCH_VERSION) >= digit_version('1.7')
+                and self.reducer._rebuild_buckets()):
+            # TODO: replace with logger
+            print('Reducer buckets have been rebuilt in this iteration.')
+
+        if getattr(self, 'require_forward_param_sync', True):
+            self._sync_params()
+
+        if self.device_ids:
+            inputs, kwargs = self.scatter(inputs, kwargs, self.device_ids)
+            if len(self.device_ids) == 1:
+                output = self.module.train_step(*inputs[0], **kwargs[0])
+            else:
+                outputs = self.parallel_apply(
+                    self._module_copies[:len(inputs)], inputs, kwargs)
+                output = self.gather(outputs, self.output_device)
+        else:
+            output = self.module.train_step(*inputs, **kwargs)
+
+        if torch.is_grad_enabled() and getattr(
+                self, 'require_backward_grad_sync', True):
+            if self.find_unused_parameters:
+                self.reducer.prepare_for_backward(list(_find_tensors(output)))
+            else:
+                self.reducer.prepare_for_backward([])
+        else:
+            if ('parrots' not in TORCH_VERSION
+                    and digit_version(TORCH_VERSION) > digit_version('1.2')):
+                self.require_forward_param_sync = False
+        return output
+
+    def val_step(self, *inputs, **kwargs):
+        """val_step() API for module wrapped by DistributedDataParallel.
+
+        This method is basically the same as
+        ``DistributedDataParallel.forward()``, while replacing
+        ``self.module.forward()`` with ``self.module.val_step()``.
+        It is compatible with PyTorch 1.1 - 1.5.
+        """
+
+        # In PyTorch >= 1.7, ``reducer._rebuild_buckets()`` is moved from the
+        # end of backward to the beginning of forward.
+        if ('parrots' not in TORCH_VERSION
+                and digit_version(TORCH_VERSION) >= digit_version('1.7')
+                and self.reducer._rebuild_buckets()):
+            # TODO: replace with logger
+            print('Reducer buckets have been rebuilt in this iteration.')
+
+        if getattr(self, 'require_forward_param_sync', True):
+            self._sync_params()
+        if self.device_ids:
+            inputs, kwargs = self.scatter(inputs, kwargs, self.device_ids)
+            if len(self.device_ids) == 1:
+                output = self.module.val_step(*inputs[0], **kwargs[0])
+            else:
+                outputs = self.parallel_apply(
+                    self._module_copies[:len(inputs)], inputs, kwargs)
+                output = self.gather(outputs, self.output_device)
+        else:
+            output = self.module.val_step(*inputs, **kwargs)
+
+        if torch.is_grad_enabled() and getattr(
+                self, 'require_backward_grad_sync', True):
+            if self.find_unused_parameters:
+                self.reducer.prepare_for_backward(list(_find_tensors(output)))
+            else:
+                self.reducer.prepare_for_backward([])
+        else:
+            if ('parrots' not in TORCH_VERSION
+                    and digit_version(TORCH_VERSION) > digit_version('1.2')):
+                self.require_forward_param_sync = False
+        return output
diff --git a/mmengine/model/wrappers/utils.py b/mmengine/model/wrappers/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f888f49c92b20c0390873042403f264cc6b53b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mmengine/model/wrappers/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+from mmengine.registry import MODEL_WRAPPERS
+
+
+def is_model_wrapper(model):
+    """Check if a module is a model wrapper.
+
+    The following 4 model in MMEngine (and their subclasses) are regarded as
+    model wrappers: DataParallel, DistributedDataParallel,
+    MMDataParallel, MMDistributedDataParallel. You may add you own
+    model wrapper by registering it to mmengine.registry.MODEL_WRAPPERS.
+
+    Args:
+        model (nn.Module): The model to be checked.
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: True if the input model is a model wrapper.
+    """
+    model_wrappers = tuple(MODEL_WRAPPERS.module_dict.values())
+    return isinstance(model, model_wrappers)
diff --git a/mmengine/registry/__init__.py b/mmengine/registry/__init__.py
index 24ebcb6e7f3546bb0e4b61e8c54b0701d52d052b..b0f2f6497b0251e9050b093bbac0bcb3678f96b3 100644
--- a/mmengine/registry/__init__.py
+++ b/mmengine/registry/__init__.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
 from .registry import Registry, build_from_cfg
-from .root import (DATA_SAMPLERS, DATASETS, EVALUATORS, HOOKS, MODELS,
-                   OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS, OPTIMIZERS, PARAM_SCHEDULERS,
-                   RUNNER_CONSTRUCTORS, RUNNERS, TASK_UTILS, TRANSFORMS,
-                   WEIGHT_INITIALIZERS)
+from .root import (DATA_SAMPLERS, DATASETS, EVALUATORS, HOOKS, MODEL_WRAPPERS,
+                   MODELS, OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS, OPTIMIZERS,
+                   PARAM_SCHEDULERS, RUNNER_CONSTRUCTORS, RUNNERS, TASK_UTILS,
+                   TRANSFORMS, WEIGHT_INITIALIZERS)
 
 __all__ = [
     'Registry', 'build_from_cfg', 'RUNNERS', 'RUNNER_CONSTRUCTORS', 'HOOKS',
     'DATASETS', 'DATA_SAMPLERS', 'TRANSFORMS', 'MODELS', 'WEIGHT_INITIALIZERS',
     'OPTIMIZERS', 'OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS', 'TASK_UTILS', 'PARAM_SCHEDULERS',
-    'EVALUATORS'
+    'EVALUATORS', 'MODEL_WRAPPERS'
 ]
diff --git a/mmengine/registry/root.py b/mmengine/registry/root.py
index 9636fae21f135b0d94124c53c3aecf5a814a3acf..5edf22212883653b5be0f4b280392f8cc923645c 100644
--- a/mmengine/registry/root.py
+++ b/mmengine/registry/root.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ TRANSFORMS = Registry('transform')
 
 # mangage all kinds of modules inheriting `nn.Module`
 MODELS = Registry('model')
+# mangage all kinds of model wrappers like 'MMDistributedDataParallel'
+MODEL_WRAPPERS = Registry('model_wrapper')
 # mangage all kinds of weight initialization modules like `Uniform`
 WEIGHT_INITIALIZERS = Registry('weight initializer')
 
diff --git a/mmengine/utils/__init__.py b/mmengine/utils/__init__.py
index c3ee0dd9816db386d57abfd7ef4a8f0f147d8bd9..cee1ac98064c60add1821ba60cd3dfb2aaa7ba51 100644
--- a/mmengine/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/mmengine/utils/__init__.py
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ from .misc import (check_prerequisites, concat_list, deprecated_api_warning,
                    requires_executable, requires_package, slice_list,
                    to_1tuple, to_2tuple, to_3tuple, to_4tuple, to_ntuple,
                    tuple_cast)
+from .parrots_wrapper import TORCH_VERSION
 from .path import (check_file_exist, fopen, is_filepath, mkdir_or_exist,
                    scandir, symlink)
+from .version_utils import digit_version, get_git_hash
 
 __all__ = [
     'is_str', 'iter_cast', 'list_cast', 'tuple_cast', 'is_seq_of',
@@ -16,5 +18,6 @@ __all__ = [
     'is_filepath', 'fopen', 'check_file_exist', 'mkdir_or_exist', 'symlink',
     'scandir', 'deprecated_api_warning', 'import_modules_from_strings',
     'to_1tuple', 'to_2tuple', 'to_3tuple', 'to_4tuple', 'to_ntuple',
-    'is_method_overridden', 'has_method', 'mmcv_full_available'
+    'is_method_overridden', 'has_method', 'mmcv_full_available',
+    'digit_version', 'get_git_hash', 'TORCH_VERSION'
 ]
diff --git a/mmengine/utils/version_utils.py b/mmengine/utils/version_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..963c45a2e8a86a88413ab6c18c22481fb9831985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mmengine/utils/version_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+import os
+import subprocess
+import warnings
+
+from packaging.version import parse
+
+
+def digit_version(version_str: str, length: int = 4):
+    """Convert a version string into a tuple of integers.
+
+    This method is usually used for comparing two versions. For pre-release
+    versions: alpha < beta < rc.
+
+    Args:
+        version_str (str): The version string.
+        length (int): The maximum number of version levels. Default: 4.
+
+    Returns:
+        tuple[int]: The version info in digits (integers).
+    """
+    assert 'parrots' not in version_str
+    version = parse(version_str)
+    assert version.release, f'failed to parse version {version_str}'
+    release = list(version.release)
+    release = release[:length]
+    if len(release) < length:
+        release = release + [0] * (length - len(release))
+    if version.is_prerelease:
+        mapping = {'a': -3, 'b': -2, 'rc': -1}
+        val = -4
+        # version.pre can be None
+        if version.pre:
+            if version.pre[0] not in mapping:
+                warnings.warn(f'unknown prerelease version {version.pre[0]}, '
+                              'version checking may go wrong')
+            else:
+                val = mapping[version.pre[0]]
+            release.extend([val, version.pre[-1]])
+        else:
+            release.extend([val, 0])
+
+    elif version.is_postrelease:
+        release.extend([1, version.post])
+    else:
+        release.extend([0, 0])
+    return tuple(release)
+
+
+def _minimal_ext_cmd(cmd):
+    # construct minimal environment
+    env = {}
+    for k in ['SYSTEMROOT', 'PATH', 'HOME']:
+        v = os.environ.get(k)
+        if v is not None:
+            env[k] = v
+    # LANGUAGE is used on win32
+    env['LANGUAGE'] = 'C'
+    env['LANG'] = 'C'
+    env['LC_ALL'] = 'C'
+    out = subprocess.Popen(
+        cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, env=env).communicate()[0]
+    return out
+
+
+def get_git_hash(fallback='unknown', digits=None):
+    """Get the git hash of the current repo.
+
+    Args:
+        fallback (str, optional): The fallback string when git hash is
+            unavailable. Defaults to 'unknown'.
+        digits (int, optional): kept digits of the hash. Defaults to None,
+            meaning all digits are kept.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: Git commit hash.
+    """
+
+    if digits is not None and not isinstance(digits, int):
+        raise TypeError('digits must be None or an integer')
+
+    try:
+        out = _minimal_ext_cmd(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'])
+        sha = out.strip().decode('ascii')
+        if digits is not None:
+            sha = sha[:digits]
+    except OSError:
+        sha = fallback
+
+    return sha
diff --git a/tests/test_model/test_wrappers/test_data_parallel.py b/tests/test_model/test_wrappers/test_data_parallel.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..63518c23c306bef4c69388ce206d2dfa2c0861e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_model/test_wrappers/test_data_parallel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+
+from mmengine.model.wrappers import (MMDataParallel, MMDistributedDataParallel,
+                                     is_model_wrapper)
+from mmengine.registry import MODEL_WRAPPERS
+
+
+def mock(*args, **kwargs):
+    pass
+
+
+@patch('torch.distributed._broadcast_coalesced', mock)
+@patch('torch.distributed.broadcast', mock)
+@patch('torch.nn.parallel.DistributedDataParallel._ddp_init_helper', mock)
+def test_is_model_wrapper():
+
+    class Model(nn.Module):
+
+        def __init__(self):
+            super().__init__()
+            self.conv = nn.Conv2d(2, 2, 1)
+
+        def forward(self, x):
+            return self.conv(x)
+
+    # _verify_model_across_ranks is added in torch1.9.0 so we should check
+    # whether _verify_model_across_ranks is the member of torch.distributed
+    # before mocking
+    if hasattr(torch.distributed, '_verify_model_across_ranks'):
+        torch.distributed._verify_model_across_ranks = mock
+
+    model = Model()
+    assert not is_model_wrapper(model)
+
+    mmdp = MMDataParallel(model)
+    assert is_model_wrapper(mmdp)
+
+    mmddp = MMDistributedDataParallel(model, process_group=MagicMock())
+    assert is_model_wrapper(mmddp)
+
+    # test model wrapper registry
+    @MODEL_WRAPPERS.register_module()
+    class ModelWrapper(object):
+
+        def __init__(self, module):
+            self.module = module
+
+        def forward(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            return self.module(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    model_wrapper = ModelWrapper(model)
+    assert is_model_wrapper(model_wrapper)
+
+
+class TestMMDataParallel:
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Setup the demo image in every test method.
+
+        TestCase calls functions in this order: setUp() -> testMethod() ->
+        tearDown() -> cleanUp()
+        """
+
+        class Model(nn.Module):
+
+            def __init__(self):
+                super().__init__()
+                self.conv = nn.Conv2d(2, 2, 1)
+
+            def forward(self, x):
+                return self.conv(x)
+
+            def train_step(self, x):
+                return self.forward(x)
+
+            def val_step(self, x):
+                return self.forward(x)
+
+        self.model = Model()
+
+    def test_train_step(self):
+
+        class Model(nn.Module):
+
+            def __init__(self):
+                super().__init__()
+                self.conv = nn.Conv2d(1, 2, 1)
+
+            def forward(self, x):
+                return self.conv(x)
+
+        model = Model()
+        mmdp = MMDataParallel(model)
+
+        # test without train_step attribute
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            mmdp.train_step(torch.zeros([1, 1, 3, 3]))
+
+        out = self.model.train_step([torch.zeros([1, 1, 3, 3])])
+        assert out.shape == (1, 2, 3, 3)
+
+    def test_val_step(self):
+
+        class Model(nn.Module):
+
+            def __init__(self):
+                super().__init__()
+                self.conv = nn.Conv2d(1, 2, 1)
+
+            def forward(self, x):
+                return self.conv(x)
+
+        model = Model()
+        mmdp = MMDataParallel(model)
+
+        # test without val_step attribute
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            mmdp.val_step(torch.zeros([1, 1, 3, 3]))
+
+        out = self.model.val_step([torch.zeros([1, 1, 3, 3])])
+        assert out.shape == (1, 2, 3, 3)