The government began allowing visits to relatives on the mainland in November 1987, and during the past half year the Executive Yuan's Mainland Affairs Council has pushed forward a number of major measures that have all had a positive effect: --Permitting the resettlement to Taiwan of former military personnel and their families left on the mainland.
自七十六年十一月政府開放民眾赴大陸探親後，半年來本院大陸工作會報相繼推展各項重大措施，均已產生正面的影響：﹘﹘允許滯留大陸台籍前國軍人員及其眷屬返台定居。