In 2011, Xining (municipal districts) ranked 27th in the increase of the total cultural and educational consumption among various key cities and 30th in the growth of per capita value.The ranking of the status evaluation is as follows:in the lateral evaluation among key cities, Xining ranked 35th; in vertical evaluation itself, Xining ranked 10th and 17th during the periods of 2005-2011 and 2010-2011, respectively. <<