In 2011, Henan ranked 18th in the increase of the total cultural consumption of rural areas and 16th in the growth of per capita value. Ranking of the status evaluation: Henan ranked 27th in the lateral evaluation of the cultural consumption demand of rural areas across the provinces; in its own vertical evaluation, Henan ranked 23rd, 9th and 16th during the periods of 2000- 2011, 2005-2011 and 2010-2011, respectively. <<