In 2016，Liaoning ranked the 2nd in the increase of the total culture and education 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，Liaoning ranked the 2nd in the 2016 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Liaoning ranked the 11th in the 1996-2016 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 9th，9th，15th and 1st during the periods of 2001-2016，2006-2016，2011-2016 and 2015-2016 respectively.