He Weidong

He Weidong
何卫东
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office State Commission: 11 March 2023 Party Commission: 23 October 2022 Serving with Zhang Youxia
Chairman	Xi Jinping
Preceded by	Xu Qiliang
Commander of the Eastern Theater Command
In office December 2019 – January 2022
Preceded by	Liu Yuejun
Succeeded by	Lin Xiangyang
Commander of the Western Theater Command Ground Force
In office February 2016 – December 2019
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Xu Qiling
Commander of the Shanghai Garrison
In office March 2014 – February 2016
Preceded by	Peng Shuigen
Succeeded by	Zhang Xiaoming
Commander of the Jiangsu Military District
In office July 2013 – March 2014
Preceded by	Sun Xinliang
Succeeded by	Li Kerang
Personal details
Born	May 1957 (age 66) Nanping, Fujian, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA Nanjing Army Command College National University of Defense Technology
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1972–present
Rank	General
Commands	Eastern Theater Command
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	何衛東
Simplified Chinese	何卫东
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hé Wèidōng

He Weidong (Chinese: 何卫东; born May 1957) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who is currently the second-ranked vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. He served as commander of the Eastern Theater Command from 2019 to 2022. He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2008, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2017 and general (shangjiang) in December 2019.