A plasma display panel comprises a pair electrode arranged on one of two substrates sandwiching a discharge gas space in order to generate sustained discharge. The substrate includes a plurality of sustention electrodes (X) and a plurality of scan electrodes (S) as row electrodes and a plurality of address sustention electrodes (Y) as column electrodes. Each address sustention electrode (Y) consists of a trunk conductor (ya) intersecting the sustention electrodes (X) and the scan electrodes (S) and a plurality of branch conductors (yb) protruding from the trunk conductor (ya) to form a discharge plane arranged with the sustention electrode (X). The scan electrode (S) is arranged between the sustention electrode (X) and the branch conductor (yb) of the address sustention electrode (Y). The scan electrode (S) and the address sustention electrode (Y) constitute an electrode matrix for selecting a cell, and the sustention electrode (X) and the address sustention electrode (Y) constitute a pair electrode for sustained discharge.