Provided is an organic thin film light emitting element which has achieved all of improved luminous efficiency, improved driving 
voltage and improved durability life. Specifically provided is a light emitting element which comprises a 
hole transport layer and an 
electron transport layer between a positive 
electrode and a negative 
electrode and emits light by means of electrical energy. The light emitting element is characterized in that: the 
hole transport layer of the light emitting element contains a compound represented by general formula (1); the 
electron transport layer contains a donor compound; and the donor compound is an 
alkali metal, an inorganic salt containing an 
alkali metal, a complex of an 
alkali metal and an organic substance, an 
alkaline earth metal, an inorganic salt containing an 
alkaline earth metal, or a complex of an 
alkaline earth metal and an organic substance. (In the formula, R1-R20 each represents one group selected from the group consisting of 
hydrogen, 
deuterium, an 
alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an amino group, an 
aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a heteroaryl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, analkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylether group, an arylthioether group, a 
halogen, a cyano group, a —P(═O)R24R25 group and a silyl group; R24 and R25 each represents an 
aryl group or a heteroaryl group; and these substituents may be further substituted, or adjacent two substituents may combine together to form a ring. Meanwhile, R21-R23 may be the same or different and each represents one group selected from the group consisting of an 
alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an 
aryl group and a heteroaryl group; and these substituents maybe further substituted.)