In 2015，Gansu ranked the 3rd in the increase of the total cultural consumption in urban and rural areas and the 2nd 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 4th in 2015；in vertical evaluation itself，Gansu ranked the 1st，10th，20th，7th and 5th during the periods of 1995-2015，2000-2015，2005-2015，2010-2015 and 2014-2015 respectively.