In 1964, the Taiwan provincial government employed Lin Hai-yin as a literary editor for the children's publications produced by its department of education. One year later she resigned the post, after the US State Department invited her to participate in its "Understanding Taiwan" project. She visited the US for four months in her capacity as a female Taiwanese author.
一九六四年，她受聘為台灣省教育廳兒童讀物的文學編輯，一年後辭職，應美國國務院「認識台灣」計畫之邀，以台灣女作家的身分訪問美國四個月。