Do China passport holders need a visa to visit BJ?

Chinese ordinary passport holders need a visa for Benin. The fastest route is the official eVisa at evisa.bj (from 50 EUR, processed in up to 96 hours). The China-Benin mutual visa-exemption covers only diplomatic, service and public-affairs passports, NOT ordinary passports. A Chinese ordinary passport holder traveling to Benin for tourism requires a visa. Benin operates an official electronic visa platform (evisa.bj) that issues single- or multiple-entry tourist eVisas for stays of 30 or 90 days. Although several aggregator sites and a Wikipedia note suggest 30-day visa-free entry for China, the authoritative China Ministry of Foreign Affairs mutual visa-exemption list (entry #16, Benin) confirms the waiver applies only to Chinese diplomatic, service and public-affairs passports and to Beninese diplomatic/service/ordinary passports carrying a public-affairs certificate. Ordinary Chinese passports are explicitly excluded. Being conservative, ordinary tourists should apply for the eVisa before travel. The eVisa government fee is 50 EUR (30-day single entry), 75 EUR (30-day multiple entry) or 100 EUR (90-day multiple entry); processing is typically within 96 hours, with at least 7 days recommended before departure. A yellow fever vaccination certificate is mandatory for entry and a passport valid at least 6 months with one blank page is required.