At the end of each year,  professional press bodies traditionally award people and particular events of the past 12 months with titles. The News Agency has decided to name D.Sumiya, Mongolia's judoka and Rio Olympic silver medalist, as Person of the Year for 2016.

D.Sumiya, aged 24,  became the fourth Mongolian women, to  win medals from the Olympics in August at  Rio 2016. World Number One D.Sumiya took silver in Rio; she also won bronze at the World Championships in 2015 in Astana, Kazakhstan. She won a medal at the Asian Championships and claimed nine World Cup victories. In 2015, she won gold in Tbilisi, Qingdao and Tokyo and has won the IJF World Masters three times in a row including 2016.

D.Sumiya became second women named as the Person of the Year by the News Agency. Previously, International Master and Woman Grandmaster chess player B. Munguntuul was named as the person of the year for 2014.

The News Agency has previously named the following people as "Person of the Year."

• 2004 – the 69th Grand Champion of Professional Sumo Wrestling Asoshyoryu Dagvadorj,
• 2005 and 2009 – President Tsakhia Elbegdorj, 
• 2006 – former Deputy Prime Minister M.Enkhbold,
• 2007 – Grand Champion of Professional Sumo, Khakukho M.Davaajargal,
• 2008, 2012 – former the Governor of Capital city and Major of Ulaanbaatar E.Bat-Uul,
• 2010 – former Prime Minister Su.Batbold
• 2011 – the youngest State Honored Artist, the singer D.Bold as the person of the year
• 2013 – former Prime Minister R.Amarjargal
• 2014 – International Master and Woman Grandmaster chess player B. Munguntuul
• 2015 – former Speaker of Parlianment Z.Enkhbold