In 2014，Hebei ranked the 16th in the increase of the total cultural consumption in rural areas and the 16th in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：in the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Hebei ranked the 15th in 2014；in vertical evaluation itself，Hebei ranked the 12th，12th，6th，13th and 12th during the periods of 1994-2014，1999-2014，2004-2014，2009-2014 and 2013-2014 respectively.