Yan 'an Spiritual Research Association is a public welfare, non-profit legal person social group voluntarily formed by the director of Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, the historical witness of Yan 'an period, the old Red Army, the old Eighth Route Army, the old Northern Shaanxi College Alumni Association and Yan 'an Spiritual Research Association in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shandong, Hebei, Gansu and other provinces and cities and registered according to law. It is a bridge and link between the party and the government to contact the vast number of historical witnesses in Yan 'an period, experts and scholars engaged in the study of Yan 'an spirit and related staff, and it is also a way to publicize Yan 'an.
Institutions refer to social service organizations established by the government using state-owned assets to engage in education, science and technology, culture, health and other undertakings. Institutions accept the leadership of the government and are legal entities in the form of organizations or institutions. Under normal circumstances, the state will give financial subsidies to these institutions, which are divided into fully funded institutions and balance allocation institutions, and there is also an independent institution that is not funded by the state. To sum up, Yan 'an Spiritual Research Association is a non-profit social organization, headed by Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and has extensive contacts with veteran cadres and experts and scholars in Yan 'an period. Its main task is to carry forward Yan 'an spirit and carry out relevant research and publicity activities. Therefore, it can be said that Yan 'an Spiritual Research Association is a public institution.
Legal basis:
Article 87 of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that non-profit legal persons include institutions, social organizations, foundations and social service institutions. Yan 'an Spiritual Research Association conforms to the characteristics of non-profit legal person, so it can be recognized as a public institution.