In 2011, Hunan ranked 15th in the increase of the total cultural consumption of rural areas and 18th in the growth of per capita value. Ranking of the status evaluation: Hunan ranked 16th in the lateral evaluation of the cultural consumption demand of rural areas across the provinces; in its own vertical evaluation, Hunan ranked 27th, 29th and 15th during the periods of 2000-2011, 2005- 2011 and 2010-2011, respectively. <<