[3] Lin became active in Luodong Township's local politics in 1988, having worked his way up to the position of district secretary-general by 1994.

He also restored the annual Yilan International Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival which was suspended by his predecessor Lu Kuo-hua.

Lin had also supported several agricultural policies, such as banning chemical herbicides in farms and ending the use of unprocessed manure as fertilizer.

In terms of housing development, he had created regulations on farmhouses and reduced the number of residential buildings permitted on farmland.

[7] In his second term, Lin supported Ko Wen-je's proposal to build a railway connecting Yilan and Taipei.