In 2012，Chongqing ranked the 10th in the increase of the total cultural consumption in rural areas and the 8th in the growth of per capita value. The rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：in the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Chongqing ranked the 19th；in vertical evaluation itself，Chongqing ranked the 17th，13th，1st and 6th during the periods of 2000-2012，2005-2012，2010-2012 and 2011-2012 respectively.