In 2016，Chongqing ranked the 8th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in urban and rural areas and the 7th in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：In the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Chongqing ranked the 16th in the 2016 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Chongqing ranked the 20th in the 1997-2016 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 17th，6th，14th and 10th during the periods of 2001-2016，2006-2016，2011-2016 and 2015-2016 respectively.