The China Touring Car Championship has released the full calendar for the 2013 season, which incorporates nine events, and announced that Kumho will be their new tyre partner for the season.

The season will start on May 12th at the Zhuhai International Circuit before heading to the Shanghai International Circuit two weeks later, with races at the Tian Ma circuit near Shanghai and at Ordos in June.

The Championship will then head to the Chengdu International Circuit, returning to mainland China at Guangdong in September, then back to Zhuhai in October before the eighth round of the Championship takes place at Shanghai International on November 4th.

The November 4th round at Shanghai will support the FIA World Touring Car Championship's visit to the country for the third consecutive year.

The CTCC season finale is expected to take place on November 17th at Macau, joining the Macau Grand Prix race schedule for the first time on the 60th anniversary of the event.

Also confirmed is the switch to the Korean tyre brand Kumho for the 2013 season, which takes over from Japanese firm Yokohama as the tyre supplier to the CTCC.

2013 China Touring Car Championship calendar

May 12th - Zhuhai International Circuit, China
May 26th - Shanghai International Circuit, China
Jun 6th - Shangha Tian Ma Circuit, China
Jun 30th - Ordos International Circuit, China
Aug 18th - Chengdu International Circuit, China
Sep 22nd - Guangdong International Circuit, China
Oct 13th - Zhuhai International Circuit, China
Nov 4th - Shanghai International Circuit, China
Nov 17th - Guia Circuit, Macau, SAR of China*

* To be confirmed