Dr. Chen Way-Jin has served as the leader of the integration test program of FORMOSAT-5 and FORMOSAT-7 and worked at the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) for 21 years.

In 1991, the "National Space Program Preparatory Office" (the predecessor of the Taiwan Space Agency), establishing space infrastructure, and training space manpower. 

The Space Development Law was passed by the Legislative Yuan on May 31, 2021 and officially implemented on January 20, 2022. In the meantime, the government also initiated the legislative work on the establishment of an administrative corporation for National Space Organization. On April 19, 2022, the "Act for the Establishment of the Taiwan Space Agency" was passed by the Legislative Yuan for the third reading, and came into effect on January 1, 2023. It was originally affiliated to the National Space Organization of the National Applied Research Laboratories and now was officially restructured into the Taiwan Space Agency of the administrative corporation. The agency has become a newly established legal entity under the National Science and Technology Council. After the restructuring, the English name is changed from National Space Organization (NSPO) to Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) for improving the readability of the abbreviation, adding the name "Taiwan" to enhance the international recognition.

Taiwan Space Agency, which has been legalized as an administrative corporation, will focus on enhancing the Taiwan space technology research and development capabilities, implementing the national space policies and plans, and promoting Taiwan space activities and the development of the space industry.