Born in 1888 in Buji, Longgang district, Mr. Daoyang Lin is a famous modern forester, educator and soil and water conservation expert in China. He is also one of the founding pioneers of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. After obtaining his Master's Degree in Forestry from Yale University, he returned to China and dedicated his life to Chinese forestry. He participated in the formulation of the first Forest Law in China, and advocated to establish Chinese Arbor Day.

        As an educator, Mr. Daoyang Lin was a prominent practitioner of education in Hong Kong. He served as the second President of Chung Chi College from 1955 to 1960 and was one of the founders of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also served as the Head of the United College from 1960 to 1963. When CUHK was formally established, Mr. Lin, 75 years old, resigned as the Head of the United College, but continued to hold the honorary titles of Chung Chi College and Union College.

        In order to commemorate the contribution of Mr. Daoyang Lin to the development of China's forestry and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, a 2,400-square-meter memorial forest full of flowers and trees is built at CUHK-Shenzhen. A statue of Lin, created by the famous Chinese sculptor He Pan and his son Fang Pan, and inscribed by President Yangsheng Xu, was set up in the forest in memory of Daoyang Lin as a patriot, forestry-promoter and educator.