In 2018，Heilongjiang ranked the 15th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in city-towns and the 13th in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：In the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Heilongjiang ranked the 6th in the 2018 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Heilongjiang ranked the 4th in the 1998-2018 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 8th，21st，15th and 14th during the periods of 1998-2018，2003-2018，2008-2018 and 2013-2018 respectively.