In this exclusive with CGTN's Wang Guan, UN-Habitat Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach highlights China's success in lifting 800 million people out of poverty, providing critical lessons for Africa, Latin America, and impoverished Asian regions. She emphasizes that cities are central to poverty alleviation, requiring integrated access to housing, education, and healthcare. Urbanization, she notes, goes beyond development, focusing on creating harmonious spaces that blend services, culture, ecology and economic growth.