In the early days of the establishment of the autonomous region in 1965, there were only more than 7,600 minority cadres in the district. As of 2015, among the cadres of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibetans and other minority cadres accounted for 70.95%. Among the leading groups at the county and township levels, Tibetans and other ethnic minorities accounted for 70.13%. The directors of the standing committees of successive people's congresses of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the chairman of the people's government are the Tibetan citizens.