Based on the fiducial value since 2000，the longitudinal measurement shows a largest rise in the people’s livelihood index of The West，followed by The Central Regions，The East and The Northeast，which means some preliminary effects of the national strategy of regional balanced development；Tibet，Shaanxi，Yunnan，Guizhou and Ningxia rank top five. The lateral measurement based on no-gap ideal value in 2018 shows a largest rise in the people’s livelihood index of The East，followed by The Northeast，The Central Regions and The West，which means the gap still exists because of the poor coordination and balance；Shanghai，Beijing，Zhejiang，Tianjin and Jiangsu rank top five. Besides，the longitudinal measurement based on the fiducial value shows that since 2005 Tibet，Shaanxi，Yunnan，Guizhou and Guangxi rank top five；since 2010 Guizhou，Tibet，Yunnan，Shaanxi and Gansu rank top five；since 2015 Inner Mongolia，Tibet，Qinghai，Chongqing and Guizhou rank top five；since 2017 Inner Mongolia，Tibet，Qinghai，Guizhou and Tianjin rank top five. If the residents’ income rate and the consumption rate all over China should not fall，and various types of livelihood data should achieve a minimum ratio of the urban and rural until the bridging of the urban and rural ratio，the people’s living standards development index would be significantly enhanced.