In 2011, Jiangsu ranked 17th in the increase of the total cultural consumption of rural areas and 13th in the growth of per capita value. Ranking of the status evaluation: Jiangsu ranked the 1st in the lateral evaluation of the cultural consumption demand of rural areas across the provinces; in its own vertical evaluation, Jiangsu ranked 4th, 2nd and 19th during the periods of 2000-2011, 2005-2011 and 2010-2011, respectively. <<