| Term Start1: | April 1993 |
| Term End1: | January 2003 |
| Lin Yinghai | |
| Native Name: | 林英海 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Birth Date: | February 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Taiqian County, Henan, China |
| Death Place: | Zhengzhou, Henan, China |
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma Mater: | Shandong Normal University Beijing Normal University |
Lin Yinghai (; February 1932 – 2 December 2014) was a Chinese politician who served chairman of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1993 to 2003.[1]
Lin was a representative of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a delegate to the 8th and 10th National People's Congress.[1] He was a member of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1]
Lin was born in Taiqian County, Henan, in February 1932.[1]
Lin joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1954.[1] After graduating from Shandong Normal College (now Shandong Normal University), he entered Beijing Normal University in 1958, where he majored in Chinese language and literature.[1] After graduation, he stayed and worked at the university, and ultimately being appointed deputy director of the Chinese Department in June 1968.[1]
From January 1969 to April 1974, Lin was on sick leave.[1]
Beginning in 1974, Lin served in several posts in his home-county Taiqian, including director of the County Health Bureau, director of the County Science and Education Office, deputy party secretary, party secretary, and chairman of the County People's Congress.[1]
Lin rose to become deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CCP Henan Provincial Committee in April 1983, but having held the position for only a year.[1] [2] He was appointed secretary of the Henan Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission in August 1984 and was admitted to member of the CCP Henan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.[1] He was named deputy party secretary of Henan in November 1990, concurrently serving as chairman of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since April 1993.[1] [3]
On 2 December 2014, Lin died in Zhengzhou, at the age of 82.[1]