diff --git a/ding/torch_utils/network/__init__.py b/ding/torch_utils/network/__init__.py
index 252f48c71d..e5a27aab1a 100644
--- a/ding/torch_utils/network/__init__.py
+++ b/ding/torch_utils/network/__init__.py
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 from .gumbel_softmax import GumbelSoftmax
 from .gtrxl import GTrXL, GRUGatingUnit
 from .popart import PopArt
+from .merge import GatingType, SumMerge, VectorMerge
diff --git a/ding/torch_utils/network/merge.py b/ding/torch_utils/network/merge.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb72298b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ding/torch_utils/network/merge.py
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+"""
+This file provides two components for consolidating data streams, SumMerge and VectorMerge.
+
+The following components can be used when we are dealing with data from multiple modes,
+or when we need to merge multiple intermediate embedded representations in the forward process of a model.
+
+While SumMerge simply sums multiple data streams in the first dimension,
+VectorMerge provides three more complex weighted summations.
+"""
+
+import enum
+from typing import List, Dict
+from collections import OrderedDict
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+from torch import Tensor
+
+
+class GatingType(enum.Enum):
+    r"""
+    Overview:
+        Defines how the tensors are gated and aggregated in modules.
+    """
+    NONE = 'none'
+    GLOBAL = 'global'
+    POINTWISE = 'pointwise'
+
+
+class SumMerge(nn.Module):
+    r"""
+    Overview:
+        Merge streams using a simple sum.
+        Streams must have the same size.
+        This module can merge any type of stream (vector, units or visual).
+    """
+
+    def forward(self, tensors: List[Tensor]):
+        # stack the tensors along the first dimension
+        stacked = torch.stack(tensors, dim=0)
+
+        # compute the sum along the first dimension
+        summed = torch.sum(stacked, dim=0)
+        # summed = sum(tensors)
+        return summed
+
+
+class VectorMerge(nn.Module):
+    r"""
+    Overview:
+        Merge vector streams.
+
+        Streams are first transformed through layer normalization, relu and linear
+        layers, then summed, so they don't need to have the same size.
+        Gating can also be used before the sum.
+
+        If gating_type is not none, the sum is weighted using a softmax
+        of the intermediate activations labelled above.
+
+        Sepcifically,
+            GatingType.NONE:
+                Means simple addition of streams and the sum is not weighted based on gate features.
+            GatingType.GLOBAL:
+                Each data stream is weighted by a global gate value, and the sum of all global gate values is 1.
+            GatingType.POINTWISE:
+                Compared to GLOBAL, each value in the data stream feature tensor is weighted.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        input_sizes: Dict[str, int],
+        output_size: int,
+        gating_type: GatingType = GatingType.NONE,
+        use_layer_norm: bool = True,
+    ):
+        r"""
+        Overview:
+            Initializes VectorMerge module.
+        Arguments:
+            - input_sizes: A dictionary mapping input names to their size (a single
+                integer for 1d inputs, or None for 0d inputs).
+                If an input size is None, we assume it's ().
+            - output_size: The size of the output vector.
+            - gating_type: The type of gating mechanism to use.
+            - use_layer_norm: Whether to use layer normalization.
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+        self._input_sizes = OrderedDict(input_sizes)
+        self._output_size = output_size
+        self._gating_type = gating_type
+        self._use_layer_norm = use_layer_norm
+
+        if self._use_layer_norm:
+            self._layer_norms = nn.ModuleDict()
+        else:
+            self._layer_norms = None
+
+        self._linears = nn.ModuleDict()
+        for name, size in self._input_sizes.items():
+            linear_input_size = size if size > 0 else 1
+            if self._use_layer_norm:
+                self._layer_norms[name] = nn.LayerNorm(linear_input_size)
+            self._linears[name] = nn.Linear(linear_input_size, self._output_size)
+
+        self._gating_linears = nn.ModuleDict()
+        if self._gating_type is GatingType.GLOBAL:
+            self.gate_size = 1
+        elif self._gating_type is GatingType.POINTWISE:
+            self.gate_size = self._output_size
+        elif self._gating_type is GatingType.NONE:
+            self._gating_linears = None
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f'Gating type {self._gating_type} is not supported')
+
+        if self._gating_linears is not None:
+            if len(self._input_sizes) == 2:
+                # more efficient than the general version below
+                for name, size in self._input_sizes.items():
+                    gate_input_size = size if size > 0 else 1
+                    gating_layer = nn.Linear(gate_input_size, self.gate_size)
+                    torch.nn.init.normal_(gating_layer.weight, std=0.005)
+                    torch.nn.init.constant_(gating_layer.bias, 0.0)
+                    self._gating_linears[name] = gating_layer
+            else:
+                for name, size in self._input_sizes.items():
+                    gate_input_size = size if size > 0 else 1
+                    gating_layer = nn.Linear(gate_input_size, len(self._input_sizes) * self.gate_size)
+                    torch.nn.init.normal_(gating_layer.weight, std=0.005)
+                    torch.nn.init.constant_(gating_layer.bias, 0.0)
+                    self._gating_linears[name] = gating_layer
+
+    def encode(self, inputs: Dict[str, Tensor]):
+        gates, outputs = [], []
+        for name, size in self._input_sizes.items():
+            feature = inputs[name]
+            if size <= 0 and feature.dim() == 1:
+                feature = feature.unsqueeze(-1)
+            feature = feature.to(torch.float32)
+            if self._use_layer_norm and name in self._layer_norms:
+                feature = self._layer_norms[name](feature)
+            feature = F.relu(feature)
+            gates.append(feature)
+            outputs.append(self._linears[name](feature))
+        return gates, outputs
+
+    def _compute_gate(
+        self,
+        init_gate: List[Tensor],
+    ):
+        if len(self._input_sizes) == 2:
+            gate = [self._gating_linears[name](y) for name, y in zip(self._input_sizes.keys(), init_gate)]
+            gate = sum(gate)
+            sigmoid = torch.sigmoid(gate)
+            gate = [sigmoid, 1.0 - sigmoid]
+        else:
+            gate = [self._gating_linears[name](y) for name, y in zip(self._input_sizes.keys(), init_gate)]
+            gate = sum(gate)
+            gate = gate.reshape([-1, len(self._input_sizes), self.gate_size])
+            gate = F.softmax(gate, dim=1)
+            assert gate.shape[1] == len(self._input_sizes)
+            gate = [gate[:, i] for i in range(len(self._input_sizes))]
+        return gate
+
+    def forward(self, inputs: Dict[str, Tensor]) -> Tensor:
+        gates, outputs = self.encode(inputs)
+        if len(outputs) == 1:
+            # Special case of 1-D inputs that do not need any gating.
+            output = outputs[0]
+        elif self._gating_type is GatingType.NONE:
+            output = sum(outputs)
+        else:
+            gate = self._compute_gate(gates)
+            data = [g * d for g, d in zip(gate, outputs)]
+            output = sum(data)
+        return output
diff --git a/ding/torch_utils/network/tests/test_merge.py b/ding/torch_utils/network/tests/test_merge.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58f2ed34e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ding/torch_utils/network/tests/test_merge.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import pytest
+import torch
+from ding.torch_utils.network import GatingType, SumMerge, VectorMerge
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unittest
+def test_SumMerge():
+    input_shape = (3, 5)
+    input = [torch.rand(input_shape).requires_grad_(True) for i in range(4)]
+    sum_merge = SumMerge()
+
+    output = sum_merge(input)
+    assert output.shape == (3, 5)
+    loss = output.mean()
+    loss.backward()
+    assert isinstance(input[0].grad, torch.Tensor)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unittest
+def test_VectorMerge():
+    input_sizes = {'in1': 3, 'in2': 16, 'in3': 27}
+    output_size = 512
+    input_dict = {}
+    for k, v in input_sizes.items():
+        input_dict[k] = torch.rand((64, v)).requires_grad_(True)
+
+    vector_merge = VectorMerge(input_sizes, output_size, GatingType.NONE)
+    output = vector_merge(input_dict)
+    assert output.shape == (64, output_size)
+    loss = output.mean()
+    loss.backward()
+    assert isinstance(input_dict['in1'].grad, torch.Tensor)
+
+    vector_merge = VectorMerge(input_sizes, output_size, GatingType.GLOBAL)
+    output = vector_merge(input_dict)
+    assert output.shape == (64, output_size)
+    loss = output.mean()
+    loss.backward()
+    assert isinstance(input_dict['in1'].grad, torch.Tensor)
+
+    vector_merge = VectorMerge(input_sizes, output_size, GatingType.POINTWISE)
+    output = vector_merge(input_dict)
+    assert output.shape == (64, output_size)
+    loss = output.mean()
+    loss.backward()
+    assert isinstance(input_dict['in1'].grad, torch.Tensor)