page_title: Mainland Affairs Council
section_title: Organizational structure
hierarchical_section_title: Mainland Affairs Council / Organizational structure
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 台灣陸委會。
context_page_description: The Mainland Affairs Council is a Taiwanese cabinet-level administrative agency under the Executive Yuan. The MAC is responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of policies between the Republic of China on Taiwan and the People's Republic of China which administers mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. The MAC's counterpart body in the PRC is the Taiwan Affairs Office. Both states officially claim each other's territory, however the Republic of China controls only Taiwan and surrounding islands, and therefore is usually known as "Taiwan", sometimes referred to as the "Free Area" of the Republic of China by the Constitution of the Republic of China. The People's Republic of China controls mainland China as well as Hong Kong, Macau, Hainan, and other islands and is therefore usually known simply as "China".
  The Mainland Affairs Council is administered by a cabinet level Minister. The current Minister is Chen Ming-tong.
  The council plays an important role in setting policy and development of relations with mainland China and advising the central government.
context_section_description: The agency is organized in the following departments:
caption: Mainland Affairs Council office
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