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The main works on spirituality in organizations emphasize the importance of employees (Karakas 2010; Mitroff 2000) or leaders (Voynnet Fourboul 2011) being able to express their spirituality for their personal or collective success. In this paper, we argue that the exemplary context of Chinese companies provides an opportunity to assess this relationship in the perceptions of employees. In order to do this, we mobilize literature on Chinese thought and philosophy (Granet 1934; Jullien 1996; 2005; 2009; Gernet 2001; Barber 2001; Billeter 2006) in order to theoretically investigate the relationship between the spirituality of Chinese employees and their personal and collective success. On a practical level we describe the personal values (Cavanagh 1999) that guide their behavior and relationships with their personal and collective well-being and success using an exploratory study among employees of both public and private Chinese companies.