In 2014，Gansu ranked the 11th in the increase of the total cultural consumption in rural areas and the 10th in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：in the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Gansu ranked the 2nd in 2014；in vertical evaluation itself，Gansu ranked the 3rd，3rd，8th，11th and 11th during the periods of 1994-2014，1999-2014，2004-2014，2009-2014 and 2013-2014 respectively.