Hsiao Fu-yuan, owner of Soka Art Center, started his career in Tainan. He then moved to Beijing in 2001 intending to open a gallery. Three years later, with the mainland economy booming and the art market taking off, he became the first Taiwanese gallery owner to successfully establish himself in Beijing.
發跡於台南的索卡藝術中心負責人蕭富元，2001 年赴北京開設畫廊，3 年後隨著中國經濟大躍進而初嚐「噴」出行情的藝術市場佳績，成為第一家在北京成功取得一席之地的台灣畫廊。