Three years later the TSRM gave way to the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, again with Wu as chairman. In an address to the conference that marked that transition, he denounced Hudson Taylor, the late founder of the China Inland Mission, as an imperialist tool.
Three years later, the TSRM was succeeded by the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, once again under Wu's leadership. In a speech marking that transition, he criticized Hudson Taylor, the deceased founder of the China Inland Mission, as an imperialist tool.