diff --git a/colossalai/auto_parallel/solver/__init__.py b/colossalai/auto_parallel/solver/__init__.py
index a27c1d065..c20ed18ca 100644
--- a/colossalai/auto_parallel/solver/__init__.py
+++ b/colossalai/auto_parallel/solver/__init__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ from .operator_handler import OperatorHandler
 from .dot_handler import DotHandler
 from .conv_handler import ConvHandler
 from .sharding_strategy import ShardingStrategy, StrategiesVector
+from .graph_analysis import GraphAnalyser
 
-__all__ = ['OperatorHandler', 'DotHandler', 'ConvHandler', 'StrategiesVector', 'ShardingStrategy']
+__all__ = ['OperatorHandler', 'DotHandler', 'ConvHandler', 'StrategiesVector', 'ShardingStrategy', 'GraphAnalyser']
diff --git a/colossalai/auto_parallel/solver/graph_analysis.py b/colossalai/auto_parallel/solver/graph_analysis.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53469c246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/colossalai/auto_parallel/solver/graph_analysis.py
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from torch.fx.node import Node
+from torch.fx.graph import Graph
+from torch.fx.graph_module import GraphModule
+from collections import OrderedDict as ODict
+from typing import List, OrderedDict, Union, Any
+from colossalai.fx.passes.utils import get_node_module
+
+__all__ = ['LiveVariable', 'LiveVariableVector', 'LiveStage', 'GraphAnalyser']
+
+
+@dataclass
+class LiveVariable:
+    """
+    LiveVariable is a data structure to store the meta information of a variable for liveness analysis.
+    """
+    name: str
+    meta: Union[Any, List[Any]]
+    is_inplace: bool
+
+
+class LiveVariableVector(list):
+    """
+    LiveVariableVector is a data structure to store the list of LiveVariable objects.
+    """
+
+    def exists(self, name) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check if a variable has already existed in the current list by name.
+        """
+        for var in self:
+            if name == var.name:
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def get(self, name) -> LiveVariable:
+        for var in self:
+            if name == var.name:
+                return var
+        raise KeyError(f"Variable {name} is not found")
+
+    def copy(self) -> "LiveVariableVector":
+        """
+        Create a copy of this vector
+        """
+        vector = LiveVariableVector()
+        for var in self:
+            vector.append(var)
+        return vector
+
+
+@dataclass
+class LiveStage:
+    """
+    LiveStage is a data structure to record the living variables at this current node.
+    """
+    name: str
+    node: Node
+    all_live_vars: LiveVariableVector
+    unique_live_vars: LiveVariableVector
+
+
+class GraphAnalyser:
+
+    def __init__(self, gm: GraphModule):
+        self._gm = gm
+        self._graph = gm.graph
+
+    @property
+    def gm(self) -> GraphModule:
+        """
+        Return the GraphModule object associated with this analyser.
+        """
+        return self._gm
+
+    @property
+    def graph(self) -> Graph:
+        """
+        Return the Graph object associated with this analyser.
+        """
+        return self._graph
+
+    def liveness_analysis(self) -> OrderedDict[int, LiveStage]:
+        """
+        Analyse the graph to obtain the variable liveness information. This function returns
+        an ordered dictionary where the key is the compute stage ID and the value is a LivenessStage object.
+        """
+        compute_nodes = self.graph.nodes
+        liveness_dict = ODict()
+
+        # checked: record all variables created since the first stage
+        # all: record the live variables only exist until the current stage.
+        #       this can be different from the `checked list`` as some varialbes may be destroyed prior to this stage.
+        # unique: record the unique live variables only exist until the current stage.
+        #       this is different from `all list` as some variables are duplicated.
+        checked_variables = LiveVariableVector()
+        all_live_variables = LiveVariableVector()
+        unique_live_vars = LiveVariableVector()
+
+        def _add_param_or_buf(node, tensor_type):
+            module = get_node_module(node)
+
+            if tensor_type == 'param':
+                iterator = module.named_parameters()
+            elif tensor_type == 'buffer':
+                iterator = module.named_buffers()
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(f"Expected tensor_type to be param or buffer, but got {tensor_type}")
+
+            for name, tensor in iterator:
+                tensor_name = f'{node.name}.{name}'
+
+                if not checked_variables.exists(tensor_name):
+                    live_tensor = LiveVariable(name=tensor_name, meta=tensor.to('meta'), is_inplace=False)
+                    unique_live_vars.append(live_tensor)
+                    checked_variables.append(live_tensor)
+                    all_live_variables.append(live_tensor)
+
+        for idx, node in enumerate(compute_nodes):
+            #############################
+            # find new living variables #
+            #############################
+            # detect whether the current op is an in-place op
+            # if it is an in-place op, we would deem it as a duplciate var
+            is_inplace = False
+            if node.op == 'call_function':
+                # check if this is an inplace op such as torch.nn.functional.relu(x, inplace=True)
+                if node.kwargs.get('inplace', False):
+                    is_inplace = True
+            elif node.op == 'call_module':
+                # to check if this is an inplace op such as torch.nn.Relu(inplace=True)
+                module = get_node_module(node)
+                if getattr(module, 'inplace', False):
+                    is_inplace = True
+
+            # add the output var
+            meta = getattr(node, '_meta_data', None)
+            live_var = LiveVariable(name=node.name, meta=meta, is_inplace=is_inplace)
+            if not is_inplace:
+                unique_live_vars.append(live_var)
+            checked_variables.append(live_var)
+            all_live_variables.append(live_var)
+
+            # add the model parameters
+            if node.op == 'call_module':
+                _add_param_or_buf(node, tensor_type='param')
+                _add_param_or_buf(node, tensor_type='buffer')
+
+            # add this output variable to the checked list
+            checked_variables.append(live_var)
+
+            # check if any input is not checked yet
+            for arg in node.args:
+                arg_name = str(arg)
+                if not checked_variables.exists(arg_name):
+                    meta = getattr(node, '_meta_data', None)
+                    live_var_from_arg = LiveVariable(name=arg_name, meta=meta, is_inplace=False)
+                    all_live_variables.append(live_var_from_arg)
+                    checked_variables.append(live_var_from_arg)
+                    unique_live_vars.append(live_var_from_arg)
+
+            # TODO: add the logic to remove live variables
+            # this should be completed if we are able to trace the backward compute graph
+
+            # add this stage to liveness dict
+            stage = LiveStage(name=node.name,
+                              node=node,
+                              all_live_vars=all_live_variables.copy(),
+                              unique_live_vars=unique_live_vars.copy())
+            liveness_dict[idx] = stage
+        return liveness_dict
+
+    def get_alias_set(self):
+        pass
diff --git a/colossalai/fx/passes/utils.py b/colossalai/fx/passes/utils.py
index d3e38c190..842c9d52e 100644
--- a/colossalai/fx/passes/utils.py
+++ b/colossalai/fx/passes/utils.py
@@ -160,3 +160,20 @@ def assign_bfs_level_to_nodes(graph: Graph):
             new_process_list.extend(get_all_consumers(graph, node))
         nodes_to_process = new_process_list
         current_level += 1
+
+
+def get_node_module(node) -> torch.nn.Module:
+    """
+    Find the module associated with the given node.
+
+    Args:
+        node (torch.fx.Node): a torch.fx.Node object in the fx computation graph
+
+    Returns:
+        torch.nn.Module: the module associated with the given node
+    """
+
+    assert node.graph.owning_module is not None, 'Cannot find the owning_module for node.graph, please make sure the graph is associated with a GraphModule object'
+    assert node.op == 'call_module', f'Expected node.op to be call_module, but found {node.op}'
+    module = node.graph.owning_module.get_submodule(node.target)
+    return module
diff --git a/tests/test_auto_parallel/test_liveness_analysis.py b/tests/test_auto_parallel/test_liveness_analysis.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36039382f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_auto_parallel/test_liveness_analysis.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import torch.nn as nn
+import torch
+from colossalai.auto_parallel.solver.graph_analysis import GraphAnalyser
+from colossalai.fx import ColoTracer, ColoGraphModule
+
+
+class LinearModel(nn.Module):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.linear1 = nn.Linear(4, 4)
+        self.relu = nn.ReLU(inplace=True)
+        self.linear2 = nn.Linear(4, 4)
+
+    def forward(self, x1, x2):
+        x1 = x1 * 2
+        x1 = self.linear1(x1)
+        x1 = self.relu(x1)
+        x1 = self.linear2(x1)
+        out = x1 + x2
+        return out
+
+
+def test_liveness_analysis():
+    model = LinearModel()
+    tracer = ColoTracer()
+    graph = tracer.trace(model,
+                         meta_args={
+                             'x1': torch.rand(4, 4, device='meta'),
+                             'x2': torch.rand(4, 4, device='meta')
+                         })
+    gm = ColoGraphModule(root=model, graph=graph, class_name=model.__class__.__name__)
+
+    graph_analyser = GraphAnalyser(gm)
+    liveness_dict = graph_analyser.liveness_analysis()
+    stage_count = len(liveness_dict)
+
+    # 8 stages including input and output
+    assert stage_count == 8
+
+    # a variable named `relu` must exist
+    # and this live var must have inplace = True
+    assert liveness_dict[5].all_live_vars.exists('relu')
+    relu_var = liveness_dict[5].all_live_vars.get('relu')
+    assert relu_var.is_inplace
+
+    # the unique vars must be fewer than the all vars since in-place ops exist
+    all_live_vars = liveness_dict[7].all_live_vars
+    unique_live_vars = liveness_dict[7].unique_live_vars
+    assert len(unique_live_vars) + 1 == len(all_live_vars)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_liveness_analysis()