on 8 june 2004, wu was sworn in as vice chairman of the council of cultural affairs (cca), succeeding wu mi-cha. while in office, wu chin-fa spoke at several domestic cultural commemoration events, among them the 2004 joint outdoor puppet performance and contest for promising young leading performers, for the tsou leader and puyuma musician , and at the green island human rights arts festival in 2008. as vice chair of the cca, wu also participated in international cultural outreach. he worked to preserve losheng sanatorium, and founded culture.tw, an english language web portal financed by the council for cultural affairs and operated by the central news agency.