You Can Drive All Around China Via Only 3 National Highways

Map found on redditThe map above shows that it’s possible to drive all around China using just 3 highways.

They are:

National Highway G219 (the Red line):

Starting from Kom-Kanas Mongolian Ethnic Township in Xinjiang to Dongxing City in Guangxi, passing through four provinces of Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan, and Guangxi. It is the border highway in the western China.

With a total length of 10,065 kilometers (6,254 miles) , it is the longest national highway in China.

National Highway 228 (the purple line):

Starting from Dongxing City, Guangxi to Dandong city, Liaoning along 10 provinces passing through 10 provinces, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei, Tianjin, and Liaoning.

It is a high-grade coastal national highway in China, with a total length of 7,800 kilometers (4,847 miles).

National Highway G331 (the cyan line):

Starts from Dandong city, Liaoning to Habahe County, Xinjiang. It passes through six provinces including Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Xinjiang, with a total length of 9,301 kilometers (5,779 miles).

These three national highways form a closed route around China on the map, with only small intersections in Xinjiang, with a total length of more than 27,000 kilometers (16,777 miles).

If you drive around China via these three national highways, you will have the opportunity to pass through areas of these Köppen climate type:

cold desert

warm semi-arid

warm continental/humid continental

temperate continental/humid continental

cool continental/subartic

humid subtropical

warm oceanic

warm continental/humid continental

humid subtropical

cool oceanic

temperate oceanic

cold semi-arid