过去一年，国防和军队改革取得重大突破，军队革命化现代化正规化建设取得新进展新成就。新的一年，我们要继续坚持以党在新形势下的强军目标为引领，推进政治建军、改革强军、依法治军，强化练兵备战，坚决有效维护国家主权、安全、发展利益。坚持党对军队的绝对领导，维护和贯彻军委主席负责制。持续深化国防和军队改革。强化海空边防管控，周密组织反恐维稳、国际维和、远海护航等重要行动。提高国防科技自主创新能力，加快现代后勤建设和装备发展。加强全民国防教育、国防动员和后备力量建设。促进经济建设和国防建设协调、平衡、兼容发展，深化国防科技工业体制改革，推动军民融合深度发展。各级政府要以更加扎实有力的举措，支持国防和军队改革建设，让军政军民团结之树根深、枝繁、叶茂！

Last year, we achieved major breakthroughs in the reform of national defense and the armed forces and made fresh progress and new achievements in our work to make the military more revolutionary, modern, and well-structured.

This year, in pursuing the Party's goal of strengthening the armed forces in a new era, we will work to build them through political work, strengthen them through reform, and ensure they are run by law. We will boost military training and preparedness, so as to ensure that the sovereignty, security, and development interests of China are resolutely and effectively safeguarded.

We will uphold the Party's absolute leadership over the armed forces and uphold and implement the system whereby the Chairman of the Central Military Commission assumes overall responsibility over military affairs.

We will continue to deepen reforms in national defense and the armed forces. We will strengthen maritime and air defense as well as border control and ensure that important operations related to countering terrorism, safeguarding stability, international peacekeeping, and providing escort in high seas are well organized.

We will enhance our capacity for innovation in defense-related science and technology and step up the development of advanced logistics and equipment. We will strengthen national defense education among the general public, and step up national defense mobilization and readiness of reserve forces. We will continue to promote coordinated, balanced, and compatible development of the economy and national defense, deepen structural reform of defense-related science and technology industries, and intensify military-civilian integration.

We at every level of government should take more solid and vigorous steps to support the reform and development of our national defense and armed forces. We should see that the tree of unity between the military and the government and between the military and the people continues to grow deep roots and is always in blossom.

各位代表！

Esteemed Deputies,

我们要继续全面准确贯彻“一国两制”、“港人治港”、“澳人治澳”、高度自治的方针，严格依照宪法和基本法办事，确保“一国两制”在香港、澳门实践不动摇、不走样、不变形。全力支持香港、澳门特别行政区行政长官和政府依法施政，发展经济、改善民生、推进民主、促进和谐。“港独”是没有出路的。要推动内地与港澳深化合作，研究制定粤港澳大湾区城市群发展规划，发挥港澳独特优势，提升在国家经济发展和对外开放中的地位与功能。我们对香港、澳门保持长期繁荣稳定始终充满信心。

We will continue to implement, both to the letter and in spirit, the principle of "one country, two systems," under which the people of Hong Kong govern Hong Kong, the people of Macao govern Macao, and both regions enjoy a high degree of autonomy. We will continue to act in strict compliance with China's Constitution and the basic laws of the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions; and we will ensure that the principle of "one country, two systems" is steadfastly applied in Hong Kong and Macao without being bent or distorted.

The chief executives and governments of the two regions have our full support in exercising law-based governance, growing their economies, improving people's wellbeing, advancing democracy, and promoting social harmony. The notion of Hong Kong independence will lead nowhere.

We will promote closer cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao. We will draw up a plan for the development of a city cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, give full play to the distinctive strengths of Hong Kong and Macao, and elevate their positions and roles in China's economic development and opening up. We have always had full confidence about ensuring lasting prosperity and stability in Hong Kong and Macao.

我们要深入贯彻对台工作大政方针，坚持一个中国原则，维护“九二共识”共同政治基础，维护国家主权和领土完整，维护两岸关系和平发展和台海和平稳定。坚决反对和遏制“台独”分裂活动，绝不允许任何人以任何形式、任何名义把台湾从祖国分裂出去。要持续推进两岸经济社会融合发展，为台湾同胞尤其是青年在大陆学习、就业、创业、生活提供更多便利。两岸同胞要共担民族大义，坚定不移推动祖国和平统一进程，共同创造所有中国人的幸福生活和美好明天。