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He Weidong
Chinese general (born 1957) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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He Weidong (Chinese: 何卫东; born May 1957) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission from March 2023 until his removal in March 2025, and member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from March 2023 until March 2025.
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. He is considered to have been a part of the Fujian clique of the Xi Jinping faction within the CCP.[1]
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Education
He was born in Nanping, Fujian, with ancestry was in the town of Xuhe, in Dongtai, Jiangsu in May 1957. In 1981 he graduated from PLA Nanjing Army Command College. In 2001 he entered the National University of Defense Technology.[2]
Military career
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He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1972 after middle school. He was Commander of Jiangsu Military District in July 2013 and Shanghai Garrison Command in March 2014. In February 2015 he succeeded Zhu Shengling as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[3] In July 2016 he was transferred to Deputy Commander of the Western Theater Command and Commander of the Western Theater Command Ground Force.[4] On February 24, 2018, he was elected as a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress.[5] In September 2019, he was promoted to become Commander of the Eastern Theater Command, replacing Liu Yuejun.[6][7]
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
In October 2022, Zhang was named as a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and the second-ranking vice chairman of the CCP Central Military Commission. He also became the vice chairman of the state CMC in March 2023.[8][9]
In January 2024, at the annual meeting of the disciplinary inspectors of the PLA, He said the military should "adhere to a strict tone, use stricter standards to scrutinize the key few, and show determination to get to the bottom of long-standing [corruption] problems". He also called on the CMC Commission for Discipline Inspection to maintain loyalty and support to CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping.[10] In March, during a discussion with a PLA delegation, He called on crackdowns on "fake combat capabilities".[11]
In April 2025, the Financial Times reported that He had been arrested, placed under anti-corruption investigations and was removed from his post as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.[12][13] At the funeral of the former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xu Qiliang on 7 June 2025, He's wreath was not present at the funeral, sparking speculation on whether he was removed from his post.[14]
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