Lin Chia-lung, who is now an advisory member of the National Security Council responsible for cross-strait and foreign policies, could be considered one of "the core leaders within the core leadership" of the student movement at that time.
目前在國安會擔任諮詢委員，負責兩岸、外交等重大政策，同時也是台灣智庫催生者的林佳龍，可說是學運世代中「核心中的核心」。