In recent years, sports has been developing rapidly in all aspects thanks to the efforts by the staff working in the sports departments at various levels of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), who work very hard in a pioneering spirit upholding a scientific approach to development.

The Sports has been developing steadily in communities and residential areas of farmers and herders. It is estimated that 317 fitness projects, 430 farmer-oriented fitness projects as well as other 35 projects. A total of 1377 coaches at different levels have been trained and approved more than 700 sports activities have been conducted among ordinary people in TAR.

The competition capacity has been strengthened continuously and some achievements have been made. According to statistics, altogether 71 medals have been won by the sportsmen of TAR in sports games held home and aboard with 19 breaking TAR record. Three Tibetan sportsmen have become national-level athletes and six judges have been upgraded to China's national level judges.

Specifically, at the 11th National Games of China, the Tibetan sportsmen won two and a half bronze medals. At the 5th East Asian Games, one gold medal and two bronze medals in Taekwondo were awarded, demonstrating the level and courage of the sportsmen of TAR.

Great progress has been made steadily in mountaineering with remarkable results.

TAR sportsmen topped successively four peaks at an altitude of above 8000 meters including Broad Peak, Makalu Peak, Chogolisa Peak and Gasherbrum I Peak, which has fulfilled their ambitious objective of climbing up onto 14 peaks of over 8000 meters above the sea level as a group within14 years.

During the Torch Relay process of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, altogether 72 mountaineers conquered the Qomolangma and 19 of them successfully passed on the torch at the top of Qomolangma.

In recent years, there were 387 mountaineers who have climbed up to mountains at an elevation of 8000 meters including the Qomolangma with 23 of them reaching the international level and 13 the national level.

The sports industry has been taken into shape and developing rapidly. More than 700 mountaineering teams with 12000 fans have been received by the Mountaineering Association of Tibet Autonomous Region. Sports lotteries worth 300 million yuan have been sold gaining a public welfare fund of 87 million yuan, which has provided financial support to the public welfare and development of sports. Two automobile Assembly Games from Lhasa to Kathmandu has been held and International Semi-journey Marathon Challenge has been held four times in Lhasa, which explored the possibility of and accumulated experience in the development of brand sports events of TAR.