Recent studies concerning the influences of the elevated heating over the Tibetan Plateau on the Asian climate pattern are summarized. These include the thermal adaptation of the atmosphere to diabatic heating, the combined effects of the local heating and continental scale heating, the impacts of surface friction and the energy source of waves based on theoretic analysis, data diagnose, and numerical simulation. The different impacts on circulation between the Tibetan Plateau, Rocky Mountain and Andes Mountain are also addressed.