Abstract: Creativity is the basis of organizational development. Some scholars have attempted to explore the influence of Zhongyong, a traditional value orientation of China, on creativity. However, we still have had no consistent conclusion about the relationship between Zhongyong and creativity. For the purpose of clarifying the role that Zhongyong played in creativity, this research categorized the creativity into incremental creativity and radical creativity, and explored the influence of Zhongyong on both types of creativity. Our theoretical propositions are empirically validated by multisource data collected from 167 employees of 32 work teams in China. The results of hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) show that Zhongyong exhibited significantly negative effect on radical creativity. Meanwhile, Zhongyong is positively related to incremental creativity when the Zhongyong climate strength is high rather than low. These findings implicate the application of Zhongyong to promote employees’ moderate creative behavior in China.