The majority of the Chinese Mauritians are Christian, most usually Catholics with a small percentage of Protestants (mostly Anglicans). Other Chinese Mauritians are Buddhist or Taoist: typically, a syncretic Chinese religion incorporating elements of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and traditional ancestor worship. Sometimes, Chinese Mauritians (especially the older generations)are Christians while retaining certain traditions from Buddhism.
In the early 1950s, there were six Chinese schools (two secondary and four primary) in Mauritius with a total student population of about 1,000. The schools were closed in the 1970s due to dwindling enrolment.
The island having been under British colonialism and French colonialism, the majority of Chinese Mauritians retained mostly Western culture and speak Creole and French as their first languages. However, there are a few people, particularly older generations, who speak Hakka, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Most of them are businessmen who own restaurants, retail and wholesale shops, and import-and-export firms. Many of the shops in Mauritius are run by Chinese.
Mauritian Chineses can be considered the second richest group on the island after the Franco-Mauritian population.