In 2016，Guizhou ranked the 16th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in city-towns and the 21st in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：In the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Guizhou ranked the 4th in the 2016 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Guizhou ranked the 6th in the 1996-2016 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 2nd，3rd，1st and 17th during the periods of 2001-2016，2006-2016，2011-2016 and 2015-2016 respectively.