He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and served as president of the Southwest University of Science and Technology in Sichuan.
Lin was born 8 February 1934 in Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
[1] After graduating from Zhejiang University in 1956, he worked for the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1997, and served as president of the Chengdu branch of the CAS.
He served as president of the Southwest University of Science and Technology in Mianyang from December 2000 to October 2004, and continued to be president emeritus until his death.