In 2017，Sichuan ranked the 2nd in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in 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，Sichuan ranked the 18th in the 2017 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Sichuan ranked the 19th in the 1997-2017 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 22nd，8th，17th and 1st during the periods of 1997-2017，2002-2017，2007-2017 and 2012-2017 respectively.