In 2011, Liaoning ranked 20th in the increase of the total cultural consumption of rural areas and 17th in the growth of per capita value. Ranking of the status evaluation: Liaoning ranked the 10th in the lateral evaluation of the cultural consumption demand of rural areas across the provinces; in its own vertical evaluation, Liaoning ranked 13th, 18th and 21st during the periods of 2000-2011, 2005-2011 and 2010-2011, respectively. <<