Sejor Drolkar was born a serf in Bangoin, a county 4,700 meters above sea level in Nagqu, and began to attend her master's herds at eight. After the liberation of Tibet, she was sent by the CPC to study in the inland, and eventually became deputy president of Tibet University.

Kelsang, a former serf, is now an entrepreneur whose assets exceed 100 mln yuan. He is also a deputy to the People's Congress of Tibet Autonomous Region.