The invention discloses a light-emitting diode and a manufacturing method thereof. The light-emitting diode comprises a substrate, a buffering layer, a non-doped layer, an n type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a p type semiconductor layer, a current diffusion layer, a first insertion layer and/or a second insertion layer, wherein the buffering layer, the non-doped layer, the n type semiconductor layer, the active layer, the p type semiconductor layer and the current diffusion layer are positioned on the substrate; the first insertion layer is arranged in the n type semiconductor layer; and the second insertion layer is arranged between the n type semiconductor layer and the active layer. The first insertion layer and the second insertion layer consist of at least one layer of non-doped AlxInyGa1-x-yN layer and/or at least one layer of Si-doped AlxInyGa1-x-yN layer, wherein x and y are more than or equal to 0 and less than 0.2. When current is injected into an n type area, the insertion layers play a role of buffering to prevent electrons from diffusing into a p type area, so the conformity efficiency of the electrons and holes is improved and then the illumination brightness of the light-emitting diode is improved. In addition, the insertion layers can achieve the effect similar to charging and discharging, so the anti-static ability of materials is effectively improved.