In his university days, Liu Chao-neng took part in a social club at Chung-Yuan Christian University which published a magazine, and he helped organize a Logical Thinking Camp and an Environmental Living Camp. He also studied legislative procedure, joined in the student movement and demonstrated against the aging "perpetual parliamentarians" then still in office.
大學時劉昭能參加中原大學的社團負責編輯刊物，辦過邏輯思考營、環保消費者營；研究議事規則、投入學運，還加入抗議「萬年國會」活動。