The purposes of this study were to investigate creative thinking abilities of gifted children, to compare with those of children of average intelligence, and to explore the relationship between creativity and intelligence. The subjects, 420 gifted children and 458 average children, were selected from four elementary schools and three junior high schools in Taipei area. General Classification Test, The Chinese Revision of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, The Chinese Revision of WISC-R, and Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, Verbal, Form A were administered to the subjects. The obtained data were statistically treated by analysis of variance, trend analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The main findings of the study were as follows: 1. In flueney, flexibility, and originality aspects of creative thinking, gifted fourth, sixth, and eighth grade children were significantly superior to their classmates of average intelligence. 2. Creative thinking abilities of gifted children tended to increase with increasing age. 3. There were significant correlations between creativity and intelligence, physical fitness, self-concept characteristics, as well as parent-child relationships.