# Lin Tai-hua

Lin Tai-hua (Chinese: 林岱樺; born August 4, 1972) is a Taiwanese politician. She is the daughter of Lin Sanlang, the former mayor of Fengshan City, Kaohsiung County, and a senior legislator of the Democratic Progressive Party. After losing the election in 2008, she briefly served as the chairman of the Youth Counseling Committee of the Executive Yuan. She first was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2002. In 2012 and 2016, she was re-elected with the highest number of votes in Kaohsiung City.

## Education

After graduating from Fu Jen Catholic University with a bachelor's degree in German language and culture, Lin earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in journalism and mass communication from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the United States. She then completed graduate studies in Germany at the University of Kassel, where she earned a master's degree in the German language, and returned to Taiwan and earned a Ph.D. in business administration at National Taipei University.

## Politics

In the 2001 Taiwanese legislative election, she represented the Democratic Progressive Party in the Kaohsiung County Legislative Council for the first time. She was elected with the second-highest number of votes in the constituency. The number of votes was even higher than that of Wang Jin-pyng, the former president of the Legislative Yuan in the same constituency. She was known as the fresh image because of her fresh image. In the 2004 Taiwanese legislative election, she was re-elected with a high vote.
In the 2008 Taiwanese legislative election, she represented the DPP in the Kaohsiung County Fourth Electoral District (Fengshan City) Legislator, and lost by more than 2,000 votes to the Chinese Kuomintang Legislative Candidate Jiang Lingjun, who had been reelected as a Kaohsiung County Councilor for two terms; After leaving office, she briefly took over as chairman of the Youth Development Administration of the Executive Yuan until the handover of the government on May 20, 2008.
On September 4, 2008, Lin announced her candidacy for the list of county magistrates of Kaohsiung. At the same time, Chen Chi-yu, Yu Jane-daw, Cho Chun-ying and others also expressed their intention to compete for the nomination of County Magistrate. Lin ranked first in the party's primary voter survey.
On January 21, 2009, the DPP nominated Lin to run for the Kaohsiung County magistrate election. However, at the end of June 2009, after the Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan) approved the merger of Kaohsiung County and City, the Kaohsiung County Magistrate election was cancelled, originally scheduled to be held on December 5, 2009.
In 2011, Chen Qiyu was transferred to the first deputy mayor of Kaohsiung City and participated in the seventh legislative by-election. His opponent was Hsu Ching-huang, the son of former DPP legislator Hsu Chih-ming (formerly a member of the DPP).
On March 5, 2011, she was elected as the legislator of the 2012 Taiwanese legislative election of Kaohsiung City.
In the 2012 Taiwanese legislative election, Lin was re-elected in Kaohsiung City with 64.82% of the vote.
In the 2016 Taiwanese legislative election, Lin was re-elected in the Fourth Electoral District of Kaohsiung City with 75.53% of the vote.
At the end of 2016, she expressed her intention to seek the DPP's primary nomination for mayor of Kaohsiung City.
In the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election, Lin was re-elected in Kaohsiung City with a vote rate of 60.03%.
In the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election, Lin was re-elected in Kaohsiung City with 65.31% of the city’s second-highest votes.

## Push bill
### Opposition to managed releases and amendments to the Wildlife Conservation Law

On April 14, 2016, the Economic Committee of the Legislative Yuan, under the leadership of Lin, suspended the amendments to Articles 32 and 46 of the "Wild Animal Conservation Act" proposed by the Committee of Agriculture to govern the life release of wild animals.” student" and "controversial". On April 15, Lin issued a statement saying that she has been a vegetarian for more than 20 years. If this amendment is passed on the third reading, all release behaviors must be applied for in advance, and "temporary, small-scale individual release behaviors" will be punished, and personal restrictions may be imposed. Religious freedom. On April 19, the Taiwan Animal Society Research Association criticized that the legislative management of commercial release behavior has a high degree of social consensus and is related to safeguarding animal rights and protecting the ecological environment. However, Lin blocked it and recommended that the review not be renewed.
In early March 2017, the government supported the amendment of the Wildlife Conservation Law. It strengthened supporting measures for follow-up notification and containment of wild animals released by the competent authorities. On March 3, the Legislative Yuan held party group consultations on draft amendments to the Wildlife Conservation and Animal Protection Law. During the negotiation on amending the Wilderness Conservation Law, Lin asked Lin Huaqing, director of the Forestry Bureau, "What if I have been raising this thing for ten years and want to release it, but I really can't keep it anymore?" and jumped the needle to emphasize, "If you don't want to raise an animal anymore, you want to release it, not abandon it." Lin Huaqing retorted that according to the Animal Protection Law, "abandonment is illegal." Lin angrily choked Lin Huaqing on the spot: "Are you arguing with me now? I'm jealous of you? Are you jealous of me?" The video caused an uproar among the people after it was posted on the Internet. Twelve scholars, including Yan Shenghong, associate professor of the Department of Biological Sciences at National Sun Yat-sen University, jointly launched an online petition to "oppose Lin Tai-hua of the DPP to spoof the wildlife conservation law and make all the people pay for improper release of wild animals." The joint statement directly accused Lin of "spoofing wildlife conservation laws." "Law" will harm the environment, trap Buddhists in injustice, and have the support of tens of thousands of people. At the same time, many netizens left messages on Lin's official Facebook page, saying that amending the law is tantamount to opening a backdoor to release animals. Tuan Yi-kang, a DPP legislator, said that when Lin proposed a proposal in the Legislative Yuan asking people to release animals, the government would be responsible for taking care of the animals. This was a harmful teaching material for ecological education. The Agriculture Committee could not give in, and the DPP cadres in the Legislative Yuan could not sign the release. The Social Democratic Party (Taiwan) stated that releasing animals at will may lead to problems such as "Introduced species", "spreading diseases", "damaging animal welfare", and "affecting public health". The Executive Yuan version of the draft amendment to the "Wildlife Conservation Act" strengthens the control of released behaviours. In the right direction, Lin's law practice is a "spoof".
On March 22, 2017, due to the controversy caused by the release issue, Lin publicly apologized and said she would humbly review the issue. However, some netizens posted that in the past two days, Lin posted a link to a news link from the Central News Agency (Taiwan) in the LINE group "The boss of the fixed fishery released the tofu shark", and questioned the Forestry Bureau and the County and City Animal Protection Office: "The following is Release? Release into the wild? Is it legal?” Netizens angrily criticized Lin: "Stop trying to argue with others all day long! You don't even have some ecological knowledge. How about you go back and enrich yourself?"

### Oppose same-sex marriage amendment to civil law

On November 29, 2018, due to the DPP's heavy defeat in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections, the DPP's Legislative Yuan caucus held the first "lucky lunch" meeting between legislators and premier Lai Ching-te. An anonymous participant reported that Lin said, "Who says our caucus supports marriage equality? I don't.
On May 2, 2019, Lin took the lead in proposing the draft of the "Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748 Interpretation and Referendum No. 12 Implementation Law" prepared by the VIA Trust and Hope Foundation chaired by Cher Wang's sister Wang Guiyun.
On May 17, 2019, during the legislative process of the Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748 of the Interpretation and Implementation Law, Lin agreed with other provisions but opposed the marriage registration provision in Article 4.

### Support the Basic Law of Religion

On October 10, 2018, Lin and 36 Kuomintang legislators, Wang Jin-pyng, Huang Chao-shun, and Ma Wen-chun, proposed the "Basic Law on Religion" (draft).

### Restoration of public education compensation

Seven months after the pension reform was launched, at the end of 2018, Lin revised the law on the proposal for a new pension system for civil servants and teachers, cancelling the one-year payment period for seniority compensation. The content of the draft was almost identical to the version of the KMT legislators, except for the signature and support of the KMT legislators. More than a dozen legislators in the Democratic Progressive Party also signed a petition in support, sparking a debate between the reformists and pragmatists within the DPP.

### Relax the age limit of 60 years for field officers and policemen, compared with 65 years for civil servants

On April 16, 2019, Lin sent a letter to the Ministry of Civil Service (Taiwan), the Ministry of the Interior, the National Police Agency (Taiwan), and the Kaohsiung City Government Police Department, stating that the reason for revising this retirement age standard is because the national health insurance is complete and “the average age of the people has exceeded 80 years old.
According to the Police Department, the "average age of death" of grassroots police officers who died on the job and died after retirement (severance) between 100 and 104 years was 62 years old.

### Support the legalization of farmland factories

When the Economic Committee of the Legislative Yuan reviewed the draft amendment to the "Factory Management Guidance Law" on May 6, 2019, Lin still believed that the relaxed draft was too strict. The government should only manage environmental protection and public security, and should not restrict commercial transactions, otherwise it will become Idle farmland factory. In addition, Lin Tai-hua argued that the standards for building coverage should also be relaxed.

## Controversial events
### Morality transcends the Constitution

The ruling and opposition parties in the Legislative Yuan are negotiating the "Foundation Legal Person Law" to discuss whether the financial affairs of religious groups should be disclosed. Lin said: "I have received so many precepts, and I still need to use this kind of secular law to regulate it. In terms of religion, this is beyond the Constitution. It is already about what humans are and where they come from. "Come on, this kind of morality goes beyond the constitution, so it's hard to understand why we in Taiwan use this law to regulate religion. It's incredible." She also advocated that if the finances are disclosed, the monks in the ashram should resist the underworld. There are no supporting measures for their safety. Religion is the most stable force. If we let it stir up chaos, society will not be stable. This statement triggered public criticism.

### Physical conflict with the police

On March 26, 2014, when a reporter from Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun wanted to enter the Legislative Yuan, there was a conflict with the police due to identification issues. Lin stepped in to assist, but the police refused to let the reporter enter the meeting. Physical contact occurred during the mediation. Lin claimed that she only fought with the police. However, some reporters claimed to have seen Lin beating someone. At the same time, many media also captured footage of Lin's conflict with the police. Lin was later charged with obstructing official duties. In the end, the Taipei District Court acquitted Lin of beating the police. However, the police officer who supported his colleagues was suspected of being settled later. After learning about the verdict, KMT Taipei City Councilor Wang Hong-weisarcastically said that in the future, young police officers must stand at attention when they see legislators. Well, I mean what I say, "Otherwise, you deserve to be misfortune." However, some commentators pointed out that if Lin Tai-hua is prosecuted for this conflict, it will represent the ruling party's denial of the Sunflower student movement and the autonomy of Congress and become a global phenomenon. Negative teaching materials of cultural history.

### Legislators to be observed in the Gongdu League

According to the evaluation of the Governing Council, the second and fifth sessions of the 9th session were included in the waiting list because Lin, a Committee Member, did not have any proposals.

### Corruption charges

In 2025, Lin was detained on corruption charges involving misuse of her position as a politician and a senior board member in a Kaohsiung temple to seek sponsorship from around 20 companies operating in the Linyuan Industrial Park. She was later released after posting NT$1 million (US$30,526) in bail.

## Election record

| Year | Number of election terms | Electoral district | Political party to which | Number of votes | Vote rate | Remark |
| 2001 | 2001 Taiwanese legislative election | Kaohsiung County electoral district | DPP | 72,609 | 12.55% | |
| 2004 | 2004 Taiwanese legislative election | Kaohsiung County electoral district | DPP | 51,083 | 9.37% | |
| 2008 | 2008 Taiwanese legislative election | Kaohsiung City Fourth Electoral District | DPP | 71,450 | 48.45% | Changes to the current selection system |
| 2011 | 2011 Taiwanese legislative election | Kaohsiung City Fourth Electoral District | DPP | 53,833 | 69.69% | |
| 2012 | 2012 Taiwanese legislative election | Kaohsiung City Fourth Electoral District | DPP | 111,188 | 64.82% | |
| 2016 | 2016 Taiwanese legislative election | Kaohsiung City Fourth Electoral District | DPP | 122,722 | 75.53% | |
| 2020 | 2020 Taiwanese legislative election | Kaohsiung City Fourth Electoral District | DPP | 118,219 | 60.03% | |
| 2024 | 2024 Taiwanese legislative election | Kaohsiung City Fourth Electoral District | DPP | 121,011 | 65.31% | |