From 2000 to 2016，the countrywide total investment into public culture investment from 30.029 billion yuan to 316.308 billion yuan，with a remarkably average annual growth of 15.85%. During the three Five-Year Plan periods，the highest index values in lengthways evaluation all appeared in 2016；however it didn’t continuously improve but showing ups and downs. In the transverse evaluation，the ideal value gap has always been very clear and the composite index declined slightly from time to time. By in-depth testing the culture investment related to its economical and financial background，the similarities to the investment into education，science & technology and health，the coordination with residents’ culture consumption，and the regional balance of all kinds of per capita value calculation，we can reveal the headway and the gaps：（1）The culture investment growth is certainly higher than GDP growth，but slightly lower than the fiscal revenue growth，and also slightly lower than the fiscal expenditure growth；At the same time，evidently lower than education investment growth，and also remarkably lower science & technology investment，as well as remarkably lower health investment growth.（2）Besides the culture investment，the regional disparity of all the other kinds of data has narrowed. It is gradually becoming a reality that the whole country has achieved economical and financial “balanced growth” and “equal growth” in the investment of education，science & technology and health，but the regional disparity of culture investment expands by 6.98%.（3）The ratio of culture investment to fiscal revenues is certainly lower than that of the cultural consumption to the residents’ income，that to fiscal expenditure is more evidently lower than that of the cultural consumption to the residents’ expenditure. Public cultural investment growth remarkably lags behind the demand changes of the residents’ cultural consumption.