Abstract: A front glass substrate is opposite a back substrate with a discharge space in between. On the rear-facing face of the front glass substrate are provided a plurality of row electrode pairs each extending in the row direction and regularly arranged in the column direction to individually form display lines; and a plurality of column electrodes each extending in a direction at right angles to the row electrode pairs and separated from the row electrode pair by a first dielectric layer. A partition wall partitions the discharge space into discharge cells each opposite the opposed transparent electrodes of the row electrode pair. In the plasma display panel structured in this manner, the back substrate is constituted of a metal plate having the surface covered with an insulation layer.