The development of efficient chiral catalysts in terms of high enantioselectivity and high activity is always the central issue in the research area of asymmetric catalysis. Recently, we developed a number of chiral ligands having a chiral spirobiindane framework. The ruthenium and iridium complexes of these ligands showed high efficiency and high enantioselectivity for the catalytic asymmetric hydrogenations of ketones, imines, unsaturated acids, etc. These catalysts are also effective for the kinetic resolutions or dynamic kinetic resolution of chiral alcohols and amines via hydrogenation of ketone or ester groups in the molecules.