diff --git a/include/tvm/base.h b/include/tvm/base.h
index 7c28f39054cd..47ed2861a6aa 100644
--- a/include/tvm/base.h
+++ b/include/tvm/base.h
@@ -21,6 +21,41 @@ using ::tvm::Node;
 using ::tvm::NodeRef;
 using ::tvm::AttrVisitor;
 
+/*!
+ * \brief save the node as well as all the node it depends on as json.
+ *  This can be used to serialize any TVM object
+ *
+ * \return the string representation of the node.
+ */
+std::string SaveJSON(const NodeRef& node);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Internal implementation of LoadJSON
+ * Load tvm Node object from json and return a shared_ptr of Node.
+ * \param json_str The json string to load from.
+ *
+ * \return The shared_ptr of the Node.
+ */
+std::shared_ptr<Node> LoadJSON_(std::string json_str);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Load the node from json string.
+ *  This can be used to deserialize any TVM object.
+ *
+ * \param json_str The json string to load from.
+ *
+ * \tparam NodeType the nodetype
+ *
+ * \code
+ *  Expr e = LoadJSON<Expr>(json_str);
+ * \endcode
+ */
+template<typename NodeType,
+         typename = typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<NodeRef, NodeType>::value>::type >
+inline NodeType LoadJSON(const std::string& json_str) {
+  return NodeType(LoadJSON_(json_str));
+}
+
 /*! \brief typedef the factory function of data iterator */
 using NodeFactory = std::function<std::shared_ptr<Node> ()>;
 /*!
@@ -32,8 +67,9 @@ struct NodeFactoryReg
 };
 
 #define TVM_REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(TypeName)                                \
-  DMLC_REGISTRY_REGISTER(::tvm::NodeFactoryReg, NodeFactoryReg, TypeName) \
-  .set_body([]() { return std::make_shared<TypeName>(); })
+  static DMLC_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED ::tvm::NodeFactoryReg & __make_Node ## _ ## TypeName ## __ = \
+      ::dmlc::Registry<::tvm::NodeFactoryReg>::Get()->__REGISTER__(TypeName::_type_key) \
+      .set_body([]() { return std::make_shared<TypeName>(); })
 
 }  // namespace tvm
 #endif  // TVM_BASE_H_
diff --git a/include/tvm/c_api.h b/include/tvm/c_api.h
index 1f06b40fb56b..5f788508764e 100644
--- a/include/tvm/c_api.h
+++ b/include/tvm/c_api.h
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@
 /*! \brief TVM_DLL prefix for windows */
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #ifdef TVM_EXPORTS
-#define TVM_DLL TVM_EXTERN_C __declspec(dllexport)
+#define TVM_DLL __declspec(dllexport)
 #else
-#define TVM_DLL TVM_EXTERN_C __declspec(dllimport)
+#define TVM_DLL __declspec(dllimport)
 #endif
 #else
-#define TVM_DLL TVM_EXTERN_C
+#define TVM_DLL
 #endif
 
+TVM_EXTERN_C {
 /*! \brief handle to functions */
 typedef void* FunctionHandle;
 /*! \brief handle to node */
@@ -147,5 +148,5 @@ TVM_DLL int TVMNodeGetAttr(NodeHandle handle,
 TVM_DLL int TVMNodeListAttrNames(NodeHandle handle,
                                  int *out_size,
                                  const char*** out_array);
-
+}  // TVM_EXTERN_C
 #endif  // TVM_C_API_H_
diff --git a/python/tvm/_ctypes/_api.py b/python/tvm/_ctypes/_api.py
index 41014e867da4..c9d980928967 100644
--- a/python/tvm/_ctypes/_api.py
+++ b/python/tvm/_ctypes/_api.py
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ def __getattr__(self, name):
                 "'%s' object has no attribute '%s'" % (str(type(self)), name))
         return value
 
-
     def __hash__(self):
         return _function_internal._raw_ptr(self)
 
@@ -111,6 +110,29 @@ def __dir__(self):
             names.append(py_str(plist[i]))
         return names
 
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        return (type(self), (None,), self.__getstate__())
+
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        handle = self.handle
+        if handle is not None:
+            return {'handle': _function_internal._save_json(self)}
+        else:
+            return {'handle': None}
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        # pylint: disable=assigning-non-slot
+        handle = state['handle']
+        if handle is not None:
+            json_str = handle
+            _push_arg(json_str)
+            other = _function_internal._load_json(json_str)
+            self.handle = other.handle
+            other.handle = None
+        else:
+            self.handle = None
+
+
 def const(value, dtype=None):
     """construct a constant"""
     if dtype is None:
diff --git a/python/tvm/function.py b/python/tvm/function.py
index 22bfb3555fa1..43e688276362 100644
--- a/python/tvm/function.py
+++ b/python/tvm/function.py
@@ -19,6 +19,38 @@ def const(value, dtype=None):
     return _function_internal._const(value, dtype)
 
 
+def load_json(json_str):
+    """Load tvm object from json_str.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    json_str : str
+        The json string
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    node : Node
+        The loaded tvm node.
+    """
+    return _function_internal._load_json(json_str)
+
+
+def save_json(node):
+    """Load tvm object as json string.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    node : Node
+        A TVM Node object to be saved.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    json_str : str
+        Saved json string.
+    """
+    return _function_internal._save_json(node)
+
+
 def Var(name="tindex", dtype=int32):
     """Create a new variable with specified name and dtype
 
diff --git a/src/base/common.h b/src/base/common.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..66ffffef5cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/base/common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*!
+ *  Copyright (c) 2016 by Contributors
+ * \file common.h
+ * \brief Common utilities
+ */
+#ifndef TVM_BASE_COMMON_H_
+#define TVM_BASE_COMMON_H_
+
+#include <tvm/base.h>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace tvm {
+
+inline std::string Type2String(const Type& t) {
+  std::ostringstream os;
+  os << t;
+  return os.str();
+}
+
+inline Type String2Type(std::string s) {
+  std::istringstream is(s);
+  halide_type_code_t code = Type::Int;
+  if (s.substr(0, 3) == "int") {
+    code = Type::Int; s = s.substr(3);
+  } else if (s.substr(0, 4) == "uint") {
+    code = Type::UInt; s = s.substr(4);
+  } else if (s.substr(0, 5) == "float") {
+    code = Type::Float; s = s.substr(5);
+  } else if (s.substr(0, 5) == "float") {
+    code = Type::Float; s = s.substr(5);
+  } else {
+    LOG(FATAL) << "unknown type " << s;
+  }
+  int bits = 32, lanes = 1;
+  if (sscanf(s.c_str(), "%dx%d", &bits, &lanes) == 0) {
+    LOG(FATAL) << "unknown type " << s;
+  }
+  return Type(code, bits, lanes);
+}
+
+}  // namespace tvm
+#endif  // TVM_BASE_COMMON_H_
diff --git a/src/base/saveload_json.cc b/src/base/saveload_json.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a877caf4678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/base/saveload_json.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+/*!
+ *  Copyright (c) 2016 by Contributors
+ * \file saveload_json.cc
+ * \brief Utilities to save/load TVM objects.
+ */
+#include <tvm/base.h>
+#include <tvm/container.h>
+#include <dmlc/json.h>
+#include <string>
+#include "./common.h"
+
+namespace tvm {
+
+// indexer to index all the ndoes
+class NodeIndexer : public AttrVisitor {
+ public:
+  std::unordered_map<Node*, size_t> node_index{{nullptr, 0}};
+  std::vector<Node*> node_list{nullptr};
+
+  void Visit(const char* key, double* value) final {}
+  void Visit(const char* key, int64_t* value) final {}
+  void Visit(const char* key, uint64_t* value) final {}
+  void Visit(const char* key, int* value) final {}
+  void Visit(const char* key, bool* value) final {}
+  void Visit(const char* key, std::string* value) final {}
+  void Visit(const char* key, Type* value) final {}
+  void Visit(const char* key, NodeRef* value) final {
+    MakeIndex(value->node_.get());
+  }
+
+  // make index of all the children of node
+  void MakeIndex(Node* node) {
+    if (node == nullptr) return;
+    if (node_index.count(node)) return;
+    CHECK_EQ(node_index.size(), node_list.size());
+    node_index[node] = node_list.size();
+    node_list.push_back(node);
+
+    if (node->is_type<ArrayNode>()) {
+      ArrayNode* n = static_cast<ArrayNode*>(node);
+      for (const auto& sp : n->data) {
+        MakeIndex(sp.get());
+      }
+    } else if (node->is_type<MapNode>()) {
+      MapNode* n = static_cast<MapNode*>(node);
+      for (const auto& kv : n->data) {
+        MakeIndex(kv.first.get());
+        MakeIndex(kv.second.get());
+      }
+    } else {
+      node->VisitAttrs(this);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+// use map so attributes are ordered.
+using AttrMap = std::map<std::string, std::string>;
+
+// A Node structure for JSON node.
+struct JSONNode {
+  // The type key of the data
+  std::string type_key;
+  // the attributes
+  AttrMap attrs;
+  // container data
+  std::vector<size_t> data;
+
+  void Save(dmlc::JSONWriter *writer) const {
+    writer->BeginObject();
+    writer->WriteObjectKeyValue("type_key", type_key);
+    if (attrs.size() != 0) {
+      writer->WriteObjectKeyValue("attrs", attrs);
+    }
+    if (data.size() != 0) {
+      writer->WriteObjectKeyValue("data", data);
+    }
+    writer->EndObject();
+  }
+
+  void Load(dmlc::JSONReader *reader) {
+    attrs.clear();
+    data.clear();
+    type_key.clear();
+    dmlc::JSONObjectReadHelper helper;
+    helper.DeclareOptionalField("type_key", &type_key);
+    helper.DeclareOptionalField("attrs", &attrs);
+    helper.DeclareOptionalField("data", &data);
+    helper.ReadAllFields(reader);
+  }
+};
+
+class JSONAttrGetter : public AttrVisitor {
+ public:
+  const std::unordered_map<Node*, size_t>* node_index_;
+  JSONNode* node_;
+
+  void Visit(const char* key, double* value) final {
+    node_->attrs[key] = std::to_string(*value);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, int64_t* value) final {
+    node_->attrs[key] = std::to_string(*value);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, uint64_t* value) final {
+    node_->attrs[key] = std::to_string(*value);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, int* value) final {
+    node_->attrs[key] = std::to_string(*value);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, bool* value) final {
+    node_->attrs[key] = std::to_string(*value);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, std::string* value) final {
+    node_->attrs[key] = *value;
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, Type* value) final {
+    node_->attrs[key] = Type2String(*value);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, NodeRef* value) final {
+    node_->attrs[key] = std::to_string(
+        node_index_->at(value->node_.get()));
+  }
+  // Get the node
+  void Get(Node* node) {
+    if (node == nullptr) {
+      node_->type_key.clear();
+      return;
+    }
+    node_->type_key = node->type_key();
+    node_->attrs.clear();
+    node_->data.clear();
+    if (node->is_type<ArrayNode>()) {
+      ArrayNode* n = static_cast<ArrayNode*>(node);
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < n->data.size(); ++i) {
+        node_->data.push_back(
+            node_index_->at(n->data[i].get()));
+      }
+    } else if (node->is_type<MapNode>()) {
+      MapNode* n = static_cast<MapNode*>(node);
+      std::vector<std::pair<size_t, size_t> > elems;
+      for (const auto& kv : n->data) {
+        node_->data.push_back(
+            node_index_->at(kv.first.get()));
+        node_->data.push_back(
+            node_index_->at(kv.second.get()));
+      }
+    } else {
+      node->VisitAttrs(this);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+class JSONAttrSetter : public AttrVisitor {
+ public:
+  const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Node> >* node_list_;
+  JSONNode* node_;
+
+  std::string GetValue(const char* key) const {
+    auto it = node_->attrs.find(key);
+    if (it == node_->attrs.end()) {
+      LOG(FATAL) << "JSONReader: cannot find field " << key;
+    }
+    return it->second;
+  }
+  template<typename T>
+  void ParseValue(const char* key, T* value) const {
+    std::istringstream is(GetValue(key));
+    is >> *value;
+    if (is.fail()) {
+      LOG(FATAL) << "Wrong value format for field " << key;
+    }
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, double* value) final {
+    ParseValue(key, value);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, int64_t* value) final {
+    ParseValue(key, value);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, uint64_t* value) final {
+    ParseValue(key, value);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, int* value) final {
+    ParseValue(key, value);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, bool* value) final {
+    ParseValue(key, value);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, std::string* value) final {
+    *value = GetValue(key);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, Type* value) final {
+    std::string stype = GetValue(key);
+    *value = String2Type(stype);
+  }
+  void Visit(const char* key, NodeRef* value) final {
+    size_t index;
+    ParseValue(key, &index);
+    value->node_ = node_list_->at(index);
+  }
+
+  // Get the node
+  void Set(Node* node) {
+    if (node == nullptr) return;
+    if (node->is_type<ArrayNode>()) {
+      ArrayNode* n = static_cast<ArrayNode*>(node);
+      n->data.clear();
+      for (size_t index : node_->data) {
+        n->data.push_back(node_list_->at(index));
+      }
+    } else if (node->is_type<MapNode>()) {
+      MapNode* n = static_cast<MapNode*>(node);
+      CHECK_EQ(node_->data.size() % 2, 0U);
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < node_->data.size(); i += 2) {
+        n->data[node_list_->at(node_->data[i])]
+            = node_list_->at(node_->data[i + 1]);
+      }
+    } else {
+      node->VisitAttrs(this);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+// json graph structure to store node
+struct JSONGraph {
+  // the root of the graph
+  size_t root;
+  // the nodes of the graph
+  std::vector<JSONNode> nodes;
+  // global attributes
+  AttrMap attrs;
+
+  void Save(dmlc::JSONWriter *writer) const {
+    writer->BeginObject();
+    writer->WriteObjectKeyValue("root", root);
+    writer->WriteObjectKeyValue("nodes", nodes);
+    if (attrs.size() != 0) {
+      writer->WriteObjectKeyValue("attrs", attrs);
+    }
+    writer->EndObject();
+  }
+
+  void Load(dmlc::JSONReader *reader) {
+    attrs.clear();
+    dmlc::JSONObjectReadHelper helper;
+    helper.DeclareField("root", &root);
+    helper.DeclareField("nodes", &nodes);
+    helper.DeclareOptionalField("attrs", &attrs);
+    helper.ReadAllFields(reader);
+  }
+
+  static JSONGraph Create(const NodeRef& root) {
+    JSONGraph g;
+    NodeIndexer indexer;
+    indexer.MakeIndex(root.node_.get());
+    JSONAttrGetter getter;
+    getter.node_index_ = &indexer.node_index;
+    for (Node* n : indexer.node_list) {
+      JSONNode jnode;
+      getter.node_ = &jnode;
+      getter.Get(n);
+      g.nodes.emplace_back(std::move(jnode));
+    }
+    g.attrs["tvm_version"] = "0.1.0";
+    g.root = indexer.node_index.at(root.node_.get());
+    return g;
+  }
+};
+
+std::string SaveJSON(const NodeRef& n) {
+  auto jgraph = JSONGraph::Create(n);
+  std::ostringstream os;
+  dmlc::JSONWriter writer(&os);
+  jgraph.Save(&writer);
+  return os.str();
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Node> LoadJSON_(std::string json_str) {
+  std::istringstream is(json_str);
+  dmlc::JSONReader reader(&is);
+  JSONGraph jgraph;
+  // load in json graph.
+  jgraph.Load(&reader);
+  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Node> > nodes;
+  // node 0 is always null
+  nodes.reserve(jgraph.nodes.size());
+  for (const JSONNode& jnode : jgraph.nodes) {
+    if (jnode.type_key.length() != 0) {
+      auto* f = dmlc::Registry<NodeFactoryReg>::Find(jnode.type_key);
+      CHECK(f != nullptr)
+          << "Node type \'" << jnode.type_key << "\' is not registered in TVM";
+      nodes.emplace_back(f->body());
+    } else {
+      nodes.emplace_back(std::shared_ptr<Node>());
+    }
+  }
+  CHECK_EQ(nodes.size(), jgraph.nodes.size());
+  JSONAttrSetter setter;
+  setter.node_list_ = &nodes;
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < nodes.size(); ++i) {
+    setter.node_ = &jgraph.nodes[i];
+    setter.Set(nodes[i].get());
+  }
+  return nodes.at(jgraph.root);
+}
+
+}  // namespace tvm
diff --git a/src/c_api/c_api_function.cc b/src/c_api/c_api_function.cc
index 9327e61e6901..4cdaa5358e1e 100644
--- a/src/c_api/c_api_function.cc
+++ b/src/c_api/c_api_function.cc
@@ -34,4 +34,16 @@ TVM_REGISTER_API(_raw_ptr)
   })
 .add_argument("src", "NodeBase", "the node base");
 
+TVM_REGISTER_API(_save_json)
+.set_body([](const ArgStack& args,  RetValue *ret) {
+    *ret = SaveJSON(args.at(0));
+  })
+.add_argument("src", "json_str", "the node ");
+
+TVM_REGISTER_API(_load_json)
+.set_body([](const ArgStack& args,  RetValue *ret) {
+    *ret = NodeRef(LoadJSON_(args.at(0)));
+  })
+.add_argument("src", "NodeBase", "the node");
+
 }  // namespace tvm
diff --git a/src/c_api/c_api_registry.h b/src/c_api/c_api_registry.h
index 885c45b14432..0baa1fbd9a30 100644
--- a/src/c_api/c_api_registry.h
+++ b/src/c_api/c_api_registry.h
@@ -13,36 +13,10 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include "../base/common.h"
 
 namespace tvm {
 
-inline std::string Type2String(const Type& t) {
-  std::ostringstream os;
-  os << t;
-  return os.str();
-}
-
-inline Type String2Type(std::string s) {
-  std::istringstream is(s);
-  halide_type_code_t code = Type::Int;
-  if (s.substr(0, 3) == "int") {
-    code = Type::Int; s = s.substr(3);
-  } else if (s.substr(0, 4) == "uint") {
-    code = Type::UInt; s = s.substr(4);
-  } else if (s.substr(0, 5) == "float") {
-    code = Type::Float; s = s.substr(5);
-  } else if (s.substr(0, 5) == "float") {
-    code = Type::Float; s = s.substr(5);
-  } else {
-    LOG(FATAL) << "unknown type " << s;
-  }
-  int bits = 32, lanes = 1;
-  if (sscanf(s.c_str(), "%dx%d", &bits, &lanes) == 0) {
-    LOG(FATAL) << "unknown type " << s;
-  }
-  return Type(code, bits, lanes);
-}
-
 inline const char* TypeId2Str(ArgVariantID type_id) {
   switch (type_id) {
     case kNull: return "Null";
diff --git a/src/lang/expr.cc b/src/lang/expr.cc
index c6ec66fcaa24..24e91c6384c9 100644
--- a/src/lang/expr.cc
+++ b/src/lang/expr.cc
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ DMLC_REGISTRY_ENABLE(::tvm::NodeFactoryReg);
 }  // namespace dmlc
 
 namespace tvm {
+
+using Halide::IR::RangeNode;
+
 Range::Range(Expr begin, Expr end)
-    : Range(std::make_shared<Halide::IR::RangeNode>(
+    : Range(std::make_shared<RangeNode>(
           begin,
           is_zero(begin) ? end : (end - begin))) {
 }
@@ -67,10 +70,14 @@ TVM_STATIC_IR_FUNCTOR(IRPrinter, vtable)
   });
 
 TVM_STATIC_IR_FUNCTOR(IRPrinter, vtable)
-.set_dispatch<Halide::IR::RangeNode>([](const Halide::IR::RangeNode *op, IRPrinter *p) {
+.set_dispatch<RangeNode>([](const Halide::IR::RangeNode *op, IRPrinter *p) {
     p->stream << "range(min=" << op->min << ", ext=" << op->extent << ')';
   });
 
+
+TVM_REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(ArrayNode);
+TVM_REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(MapNode);
+TVM_REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(RangeNode);
 TVM_REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(IterVarNode);
 
 }  // namespace tvm
diff --git a/src/schedule/schedule_lang.cc b/src/schedule/schedule_lang.cc
index 22b3d10d8b9b..1f266126efed 100644
--- a/src/schedule/schedule_lang.cc
+++ b/src/schedule/schedule_lang.cc
@@ -206,5 +206,6 @@ IterVarRelation FuseNode::make(
 TVM_REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(StageNode);
 TVM_REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(SplitNode);
 TVM_REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(FuseNode);
+TVM_REGISTER_NODE_TYPE(ScheduleNode);
 
 }  // namespace tvm
diff --git a/tests/cpp/expr_test.cc b/tests/cpp/expr_test.cc
index f64fc8651fb1..fb8685695013 100644
--- a/tests/cpp/expr_test.cc
+++ b/tests/cpp/expr_test.cc
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ TEST(Expr, Basic) {
   using namespace tvm;
   Var x("x");
   auto z = max(x + 1 + 2, 100);
+  NodeRef tmp = z;
+  Expr zz(tmp.node_);
   std::ostringstream os;
   os << z;
+  CHECK(zz.same_as(z));
   CHECK(os.str() == "max(((x + 1) + 2), 100)");
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/python/test_lang_basic.py b/tests/python/test_lang_basic.py
index 3368a74e77fb..b1eb2990a6d0 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_lang_basic.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_lang_basic.py
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ def test_const():
     assert x.dtype == 'int32'
     assert isinstance(x, tvm.expr.IntImm)
 
+def test_const_saveload_json():
+    # save load json
+    x = tvm.const(1)
+    y = tvm.const(10)
+    z = x + y
+    z = z + z
+    json_str = tvm.save_json(z)
+    zz = tvm.load_json(json_str)
+    assert tvm.save_json(zz) == tvm.save_json(z)
+
 def test_make():
     x = tvm.const(1)
     y = tvm.make.IntImm('int32', 1)
@@ -57,6 +67,7 @@ def test_stmt():
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_attr()
     test_const()
+    test_const_saveload_json()
     test_make()
     test_ir()
     test_basic()
diff --git a/tests/python/test_lang_container.py b/tests/python/test_lang_container.py
index 3333f60b41af..d8e12badb88c 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_lang_container.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_lang_container.py
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ def test_array():
     a = tvm.convert([1,2,3])
     assert len(a) == 3
 
+def test_array_save_load_json():
+    a = tvm.convert([1,2,3])
+    json_str = tvm.save_json(a)
+    a_loaded = tvm.load_json(json_str)
+    assert(a[1].value == 2)
+
 def test_map():
     a = tvm.Var('a')
     b = tvm.Var('b')
@@ -15,6 +21,20 @@ def test_map():
     assert str(dd) == str(amap)
     assert a + 1 not in amap
 
+def test_map_save_load_json():
+    a = tvm.Var('a')
+    b = tvm.Var('b')
+    amap = tvm.convert({a: 2,
+                        b: 3})
+    json_str = tvm.save_json(amap)
+    amap = tvm.load_json(json_str)
+    assert len(amap) == 2
+    dd = {kv[0].name : kv[1].value for kv in amap.items()}
+    assert(dd == {"a": 2, "b": 3})
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_array()
     test_map()
+    test_array_save_load_json()
+    test_map_save_load_json()
diff --git a/tests/python/test_lang_schedule.py b/tests/python/test_lang_schedule.py
index 7e3c2f3ce64d..fcb573dab4c3 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_lang_schedule.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_lang_schedule.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import tvm
+import pickle as pkl
 
 def test_schedule_create():
     m = tvm.Var('m')
@@ -17,6 +18,18 @@ def test_schedule_create():
     s[T].reorder(xi2, xi1)
     assert T.op.axis[1] in s[T].leaf_iter_vars
 
+    # save load json
+    json_str = tvm.save_json(s)
+    s_loaded = tvm.load_json(json_str)
+    assert isinstance(s_loaded, tvm.schedule.Schedule)
+    assert(str(s_loaded.roots[0].body) == str(s.roots[0].body))
+
+    # pickle unpickle
+    dump = pkl.dumps(s)
+    s_loaded = pkl.loads(dump)
+    assert isinstance(s_loaded, tvm.schedule.Schedule)
+    assert(str(s_loaded.roots[0].body) == str(s.roots[0].body))
+
 def test_reorder():
     m = tvm.Var('m')
     A = tvm.placeholder((m,), name='A')
diff --git a/tests/python/test_lang_tensor.py b/tests/python/test_lang_tensor.py
index ca695813d7a2..af0632866404 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_lang_tensor.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_lang_tensor.py
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ def test_tensor_reduce():
     T = tvm.compute((m, n, l), lambda i, j, k: A[i, k] * B[j, k])
     rv = tvm.IterVar((0, A.shape[1]), name="k")
     C = tvm.compute((m, n), lambda i, j: tvm.sum(T(i, j, rv+1), rdom=rv))
-    print(C.op.body)
+    # json load save
+    C_json = tvm.save_json(C)
+    C_loaded = tvm.load_json(C_json)
+    assert(isinstance(C_loaded, tvm.tensor.Tensor))
+    assert(str(C_loaded) == str(C))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_tensor()