In 2014，Hunan ranked the 1st in the increase of the total cultural consumption in urban and rural areas and the 1st in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：in the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Hunan ranked the 1st in 2014；in vertical evaluation itself，Hunan ranked the 19th，18th，13th，5th and 2nd during the periods of 1994-2014，1999-2014，2004-2014，2009-2014 and 2013-2014 respectively.