In 2011, Dalian (municipal districts) ranked 9th in the increase of the total cultural and educational consumption among various key cities and the 7th in the growth of per capita value.The ranking of the status evaluation is as follows:in the lateral evaluation among key cities, Dalian ranked 12th; in vertical evaluation itself, Dalian ranked 16th and 9th during the periods of 2005-2011 and 2010-2011, respectively. <<