The embodiments of the present invention relate to a horizontal electric field type LCD and a manufacturing method thereof. The horizontal electric field type LCD comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a spacer disposed between the first and the second substrates. Said first substrate comprises a thin film transistor, and a gate line and a data line for driving the thin film transistor. Said second substrate comprises a pixel electrode and a common electrode corresponding to and forming a horizontal electric field with the pixel electrode. Said spacer is a conductive spacer electrically connecting each pixel electrode on the second substrate to the corresponding thin film transistor on the first substrate.