This eventually had an impact on the provincial competition. In 1982 they eliminated the Chinese painting division in favor of "ink-wash painting" and "distemper painting." Lin's fight on behalf of the genre had finally borne fruit.
此舉也撼動省展，終於在 1982 年首度廢除「國畫部」，改成地位平等的「水墨畫部」與「膠彩畫部」，林之助為膠彩畫爭取認可的使命，終於圓滿告成。