According to United Daily News (udn.com), the Taiwan Non-Store Retail Trade Association (中華民國無店面零售商業同業公會) held its 5th-term board election on August 7, 2026, at which "newly elected chairman Wu Hsin-yang, vice chairman of Shin Kong Mitsukoshi (新光三越) department stores" took over the position (E1). The Central News Agency (CNA) confirmed the same date and outcome, reporting that the association "held its 5th-term board election on the 7th" (E7), matching udn's account (E2).
The handover was formally witnessed by Tung Ming-hui (童明慧), secretary general of the Digital Development Ministry's Digital Industries Administration. CNA reported that "under the witness of Digital Industries Administration secretary general Tung Ming-hui, Wu Hsin-yang completed the handover with 4th-term chairman Wang Ling-lung (王令麟)" (E9, E2). Both udn and CNA independently confirm this three-way sequence of outgoing chairman Wang Ling-lung, incoming chairman Wu Hsin-yang, and witnessing official Tung Ming-hui (E2, E9).
According to udn.com, Wu Hsin-yang described the association's role as "a two-way communication platform between government and enterprises," stating it would continue existing work in "regulatory recommendations, social responsibility and safety protection, industry knowledge empowerment, and cross-border and cross-industry matchmaking," while also advancing new priority areas (E4).
CNA reported that the incoming team's stated direction is built around four themes: "integration, innovation, security, and sustainability," intended to "help Taiwan's non-store retail industry cope with digital transformation and promote the development of Taiwan's retail and e-commerce industry" (E5).
Both outlets reported the same four priority areas in Wu Hsin-yang's remarks. According to udn.com, he said the association would focus on "building an AI agent ecosystem for the retail industry, developing sustainability and circular economy, cross-integration of physical and virtual retail channels, and advancing retail information security" (E3). CNA's report used near-identical language, quoting Wu Hsin-yang as saying the association would "build an AI agent ecosystem for retail, continue to develop sustainability and circular economy, promote integration of online and offline channels, and strengthen retail industry information security" (E8).
| Priority Area | udn.com Wording (E3) | CNA Wording (E8) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI agent ecosystem for retail | Build an AI agent ecosystem for retail |
| 2 | Sustainability and circular economy | Continue to develop sustainability and circular economy |
| 3 | Cross-integration of physical and virtual channels | Promote integration of online and offline channels |
| 4 | Retail information security | Strengthen retail industry information security |
What this means: The two independent reports from udn.com and CNA converge on the same election date (August 7, 2026), the same handover participants (Wu Hsin-yang, Wang Ling-lung, and witness Tung Ming-hui), and the same four forward-looking priorities. The consistency between the association's stated platform positioning — "a two-way communication platform between government and enterprises" (E4) — and its four thematic priorities of AI, sustainability, channel integration, and cybersecurity (E3, E8) indicates that Wu Hsin-yang's stated agenda for the association's 5th term centers on aligning non-store retail operators with government-facing digital and security policy work, as framed by the association's own description of continuing regulatory, safety, and cross-industry functions (E4) alongside the new four-direction framework (E5).
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