China National Highway 213

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National Highway 213
213国道
Route information
Part of AH3
Length	2,827 km (1,757 mi)
Major junctions
From	Ceke, Inner Mongolia in Inner Mongolia
To	Mohan in Yunnan Route 13
Location
Country	China
Highway system
National Trunk Highway System Primary Auxiliary
← G212 → G214

China National Highway 213 (G213) runs from Ceke, Inner Mongolia, to Mohan, on the border with Laos, in Yunnan. It is 2,827 kilometres (1,757 mi) in length and runs via Chengdu, Sichuan and Kunming, Yunnan. Before the 2013 Highway Planning, the route started in Lanzhou, Gansu.

This route was a key transportation route into the disaster zone during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and was referred to as a "lifeline" by rescue workers.^[1] On 6 July 2011, it was damaged by mudslides and collapses, including a 400-metre (1,300 ft) stretch which was damaged as a result of the nearby river being diverted by a mudslide.^[1]

For the extension to Ceke, a tunnel is being constructed on the 4,000-metre (13,000 ft) pass on the Gansu-Qinghai border near Sunan County.^[2]