In 2014，Hubei ranked the 4th in the increase of the total cultural consumption in rural areas and the 3rd in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：in the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Hubei ranked the 6th in 2014；in vertical evaluation itself，Hubei ranked the 16th，18th，14th，12th and 6th during the periods of 1994-2014，1999-2014，2004-2014，2009-2014 and 2013-2014 respectively.