Lin Peng, male, is of Han nationality. He was born in 1931 and graduated from Xiamen University's Biology Department.
Lin Peng has had several achievements during his 40-year study on the mangrove forest of the coastal marsh and the land vegetation ecology, and especially innovative achievements in the marsh ecological system of the mangrove forest, which brought China's research on the mangrove ecological system into a leading position in the international research of coastal marsh ecology.
Lin has compiled and published over 14 books and over 310 dissertations at both home and abroad. He won a 2nd-class State Natural Science Award, a 3rd-class National Science and Technology Advancement Award, 4 2nd-class and 8 3rd-class ministerial or provincial awards.
Lin is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.