二十大新晋政治局委员，军委副主席何卫东
何卫东（1957年5月－），军委副主席；原任东部战区司令
——父亲：何良余，1946年入伍的南下干部，曾在南京军事学院当教官。
习近平曾在厦门任职17年，而何卫东大部分军涯都在厦门度过，与习近平关系深厚，被视为习「福建派」人马。
人物简介：
何卫东，1957年5月出生，祖籍江苏省盐城市东台市许河镇。
1963年6岁时，在许河东进小学读书一年，
1972年12月在福建南平初中毕业后应征入伍。
历任某侦察分队战士、陆军指挥学院学员、侦察参谋、侦察营教导员、侦察处副处长、处长；师参谋长、第92摩步旅旅长、第86摩步师师长、某集团军参谋长；现任31集团军副军长。
2008年7月被授予少将军衔。
记者：何副军长，对于您，家乡人不是很了解，我是去年到北京采访时才听说您的……
何卫东：我跟你讲，我可是纯正的东台人！我老家在东台许河，父母亲都是许河人，父亲何良余，是1946年入伍的南下干部，我小时父亲在南京军事学院当教官，我就在老家跟着母亲生活了一段时间，在东进小学上了一年学。
我对老家的印象，还是很美好的。水系非常发达，到处都是。学校前面有条河，过了小桥就到了。地里主要种的是玉米和麦子。记得外公把还没成熟的麦子弄下来炒一炒，磨一磨，然后捏成一团，叫“麦嫩嫩”，挺好吃的，但是浪费粮食啊！
老家的早饭也很特别，外婆早早起来扬玉米糁子粥，咸是蟹渣，那是由海里的小螃蟹砸碎了腌的，用筷子蘸蘸吃。还有海里的文蛤，比较多。
那时我们家条件差，过年做个白面镘头用红色点一下，大年初一去给外公、外婆拜年磕头，给个包喜，里面有两毛钱。外公有弹棉花的手艺，经常骑着自行车，扛着弹棉花的弓，带上我去弹棉花。因为到了人家那儿会管一顿饭，饭上会蒸一片腊肉，外公舍不得吃，都给我吃，这个印象太深了。
儿时在那边的生活，使我永远忘不了，我对老家很有感情，你再离开，总不能忘了老祖宗啊！只是因为军务缠身，不可能经常回去了。从在东进小学读书算起，离开老家已40多年，一直都没有机会回老家看看，我对老家很怀念。母亲过世后，按照她的愿望，墓的方向是对着东台的。父亲今天还和我联系，问我什么时候有空，陪他回一趟许河。如果没有特殊情况，个把月后我一定会陪老父亲回去看看，了却我40多年没去老家看看的心愿。
(节选自朱亚龙主编的《当代东台人》)
朱亚龙，男，1950年3月出生，汉族，江苏东台人，中共党员。原任东台日报社副总编，现退休，拟任第三届苏州市全民国防教育协会常务副会长（届中）。
He Weidong, a newly promoted member of the Political Bureau of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and Vice Chairman of the Military Commission
He Weidong (May 1957-), Vice Chairman of the Military Commission; Former Commander of the Eastern Theater Command
——Father: He Liangyu, a cadre from the south who enlisted in the army in 1946, worked as an instructor at the Nanjing Military Academy.
Xi Jinping served in Xiamen for 17 years, and He Weidong spent most of his military career in Xiamen. He has a deep relationship with Xi Jinping and is regarded as Xi’s “Fujian faction”.
Biography:
He Weidong, born in May 1957, is a native of Xuhe Town, Dongtai City, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province.
In 1963, when he was 6 years old, he studied in Xu Hedong Primary School for one year.
In December 1972, he was drafted into the army after graduating from Nanping Junior High School in Fujian.
He has served as a soldier of a reconnaissance detachment, a student of the Army Command College, a reconnaissance staff officer, a reconnaissance battalion instructor, the deputy director and director of the reconnaissance division; the division chief of staff, the brigade commander of the 92nd Motor Infantry Brigade, the 86th Motor Infantry Division Commander, and the chief of staff of an army group ; The current deputy commander of the 31st Army Group.
In July 2008, he was awarded the rank of major general.
Reporter: Deputy Commander He, people in your hometown don’t know you very well. I only heard about you when I went to Beijing for an interview last year…
He Weidong: Let me tell you, I am a pure Dongtai native! My hometown is in Xuhe, Dongtai, and my parents are from Xuhe. My father, He Liangyu, was a cadre from the south who enlisted in the army in 1946. My father was an instructor at the Nanjing Military Academy when I was young. I lived with my mother in my hometown for a period of time. Primary school for one year.
My impression of my hometown is still very good. The water system is very developed and is everywhere. There is a river in front of the school, just cross the bridge. The main crops are corn and wheat. I remember that my grandfather took the unripe wheat and fry it, grind it, and then knead it into a ball, called “mai nennen”.
The breakfast in my hometown is also very special. My grandmother got up early and raised corn grits porridge. The salt was crab dregs, which were smashed and pickled by small crabs in the sea, and dipped and eaten with chopsticks. There are also more clams in the sea.
At that time, the conditions of our family were poor, so we made a white-faced trowel and dipped it in red for the New Year. On the first day of the new year, we went to kowtow to my grandfather and grandmother for New Year’s greetings, and gave a happy package with two cents in it. Grandpa has the skill of playing cotton. He often rides a bicycle and carries a bow to play cotton. He takes me to play cotton. Because when I got there, I would take care of a meal. On the meal, I would steam a piece of bacon. My grandfather was reluctant to eat it, so he gave it to me. This impressed me too deeply.
The life I lived there when I was a child will never be forgotten. I have a lot of affection for my hometown. If you leave, you will never forget your ancestors! Just because of the military affairs, it is impossible to go back often. I have been away from my hometown for more than 40 years since I studied at Dongjin Primary School, and I have never had the opportunity to go back to my hometown to see it. After her mother passed away, according to her wish, the direction of the tomb was facing Dongtai. My father still contacted me today and asked me when I was free to accompany him back to Xuhe. If there are no special circumstances, I will definitely accompany my old father back to see after a few months, but I have not visited my hometown for more than 40 years.
(Excerpt from “Contemporary Dongtai People” edited by Zhu Yalong)
Zhu Yalong, male, born in March 1950, Han nationality, from Dongtai, Jiangsu, member of the Communist Party of China. Former deputy editor-in-chief of Dongtai Daily, now retired, to be the executive vice president of the third Suzhou National Defense Education Association (in the middle).