Berezhnaya Agniya (L) and Kotliarova Margarita, Russian students from Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, pose for a photo during a visit to the 2026 Greater Bay Area Flower Show at Bijiashan Sports Park in Futian District on Saturday. They were members of a Gen Z APEC Reporters team — a group of 15 international students — who visited the show on the day. The event marked the first youth communication initiative of the APEC “China Year” in Shenzhen.                         P3, 8 > Wang Haolan