Background
Mr. Lin was born in 1875 in Liaoning, China.
Mr. Lin was born in 1875 in Liaoning, China.
After abolition of the examination system, Cheng-hsiu Lin enrolled in the High Normal College at Mukden where he took a three-year course in mathematics and chemistry and was graduated with honors, being given the degree of Chu-Jen by the Ching Government.
After leaving college, Cheng-hsiu Lin was engaged in educational work for over ten years, having successively served as an instructor in normal colleges, member of the Fengtien Provincial Educational Bureau, inspector of education and president of Liao-Chung School.
He entered government service and was elected member and later vice-president of the Fengtien Provincial Assembly, chief of the Provincial Cadastral Bureau of Mukden and in that capacity, rendered distinguished service in the settlement of many complicated cases pertaining to ownership of lands, he also served as an adviser to several Civil Governors of Fengtien, assisted the Northeastern Forces in taking over the administration of Hopei after the fall of Yen Hsi-shan and was appointed a member of Hopei Provincial Government and concurrently Commissioner of Reconstruction which positions he held for a considerable time.