Abstract: A light-emitting device is disclosed and comprises: a substrate; a light-emitting stack comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer over the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer over the active layer; a transparent conductive layer over the a light-emitting stack; a first trench dividing the transparent conductive layer into a first block and a second block; a connecting layer electrically connecting the two blocks of the transparent conductive layer; a first conductivity type contact layer between the substrate and the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein the conductivity of the first conductivity type contact layer is greater than the conductivity of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer.