In 2017，Guizhou ranked the 7th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in urban and rural areas and the 9th in the growth of per capita value.The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：In the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Guizhou ranked the 2nd in the 2017 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Guizhou ranked the 4th in the 1997-2017 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 1st，1st，2nd and 15th during the periods of 1997-2017，2002-2017，2007-2017 and 2012-2017 respectively.