An electrical connector includes: a housing having a base and a frontal tongue, the base having a front part and a rear part; an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the housing and exposed respectively to two opposite surfaces of the tongue; and a front and rear shielding shells enclosing the housing, the rear part of the base extending rearwardly beyond the front shielding shell; wherein the rear shielding shell has an intermediate part, a front part continuing the intermediate part, a pair of side parts continuing the intermediate part, and a rear part continuing the intermediate part, or the rear shielding shell forwardly abuts the front shielding shell.