[2] Lin attended the Shih Chien College of Home Economics and served as the institution's president.
[3] She cancelled a visit to China when the 1999 Jiji earthquake hit Taiwan,[4] and began planning renovations to a number of cultural sites damaged by the quake.
[5] Lin was succeeded at the Council for Cultural Affairs by Tchen Yu-chiou in May 2000, when the Chen Shui-bian presidential administration took office.
[7] In April 2001, the Kuomintang nominated Lin for an open position on a committee convened to oversee Public Television Service.
[14] Following the Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum in April 2006, Lin resigned as vice chair of the Kuomintang and was succeeded by Chang Jen-hsiang [zh].