[3] In another panel discussion hosted by the Review in 1990, Lin considered political developments in Taiwan through five main viewpoints, naming constitutional reform, the Civic Organizations Law's influence on nascent party politics, the power of public opinion, the legal protection of human rights, and changes in parliamentary structure, primarily the supplementary elections to the Legislative Yuan, as key to democratization in Taiwan.
[4] Lin regarded public and special interest groups as part of a politically pluralistic society, as long as such organizations respected norms.
[1] At the age of 47, he was selected to lead the Executive Yuan's Research, Development and Evaluation Commission in 2000, as a member of the Chen Shui-bian presidential administration.
[6] In May 2002, Lin inaugurated an online learning platform for public sector employees, as part of a six-year program that sought to make Taiwan a "digitalized state.
In these editorials, Lin disclosed steps taken at the RDEC to gather evidence on the 228 incident, Kaohsiung incident, and other government actions during the martial law era,[11] opinions on aspects of governance missing and needed during the 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions,[12] views on the economy of Taiwan,[13] and expressed support for the consolidation of the Examination Yuan.