In 2014，Jilin ranked the 12th in the increase of the total cultural consumption in city-towns and the 10th in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：in the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Jilin ranked the 12th in 2014；in vertical evaluation itself，Jilin ranked the 16th，18th，13th，6th and 22nd during the periods of 1994-2014，1999-2014，2004-2014，2009-2014 and 2013-2014 respectively.