    the mainland affairs council (mac; ) is a cabinet-level administrative agency under the executive yuan of the republic of china. the mac is responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of policies between the free area of the republic of china (commonly known as taiwan) and the mainland area of the republic of china, which covers mainland china, hong kong and macau under the people's republic of china (prc) government. the mac counterpart body by the prc is the taiwan affairs office. the mainland affairs council is administered by a cabinet level minister. the current minister is wang yu-chi. the council plays an important role in setting policy and development of relations with china and advising the central government. the agency funds and indirectly administers the straits exchange foundation which is the official intermediary with the mainland china. ==history== in november 1987, relations between the two sides of the taiwan strait have improved a lot after roc government began to allow family-related visits to mainland china. the executive yuan therefore established the inter-agenc
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