The growth targets China has set for this year and the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020) can be realized through improving domestic demand, consumption and innovation, without big stimulus, central bank governor said Saturday.

"China will stick to the prudent monetary policy," said Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), at a press conference on the sidelines of the national legislature's annual session.

Zhou added that China's monetary policy will be flexible in the event of global and domestic financial turbulence. Endi