Previously, he served as CCP Committee Secretary of Shanxi province, Shanxi Governor, deputy governor and the chief of the CCP Organization Department of Jilin province.
In 2003, Lin Wu was appointed as the director of Hunan Economic and Trade Commission.
Later he was appointed as the acting mayor of Loudi City in 2005, and promoted to the CCP Committee Secretary in 2008.
[1] In 2011, Lin was appointed as the deputy chief of the CCP Organization Department of Hunan province.
[2] He was transferred to Jilin province, and served as the chief of the CCP Organization Department in 2016.