A high efficiency plant expression promoter from Capsicum annuum serine hydroxymethyl transferase gene and uses thereof. This high efficiency plant expression promoter and 5′-untranslated region (5′-UTR) from Capsicum annuum serine hydroxymethyl transferase gene, a high efficiency plant expression vector having the same, a plant transformed with the vector, a process for high efficiency expression of a foreign gene by using the vector and a transformed plant which expresses with high efficiency a foreign gene based on the process and seeds of the transformed plant.