Question: does people's republic of china include hong kong

Answer: Yes, Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港; pronunciation in Hong Kong Cantonese: (hœ́ːŋ.kɔ̌ːŋ) ( listen)), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is a special administrative region on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in southern China. With over 7.4 million people of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is the world's fourth-most-densely-populated region.