Border control in China
 

So my wife (Chinese passport holder), our two children and myself (British passport holders) are heading over to Beijing shortly.

When we come into the UK through border control, rather than go through the foreign nationals queue, my wife can come with us through the UK nationals queue, so we clear immigration as a family.

I was wondering does this work in reverse? i.e. for my two children and myself, can we join my wife through the China nationals queue and clear immigration as a family? or do we need to split up so that my children and I go through the foreigners queue for immigration and my wife goes through the Chinese nationals for immigration.

Thanks

You can just ask when you get there.
There's attendants at the entrance of each section.
What I do know, is that either section can do either: oftentimes (in the past), they'd usher foreigners over to the Chinese Narionals section when the two sections were disproportionately occupied.

Yes, last week as I was entering China through PEK I was explicitly told to go to the Chinese nationals' line next time as my children held Chinese Travel Documents.

The staff there will guide you for sure. The line for Chinese citizens is much faster than the foreigners' line for sure.

and, eChannel is leaps and bounds faster than both.:D