A method for manufacturing a PDP equipped with an exhaust tube (21) for evacuating a discharge space formed by arranging a front plate (22) and a back plate (23) oppositely and sealing the circumferential edge portions of the front plate and the back plate by sealant (31) and then filling the discharge space with discharge gas, the method comprising steps for arranging the sealing side of the exhaust tube around a thin exhaust hole (30) provided in the back plate through a tablet (32) formed of frit glass not containing sealing lead but containing bismuth oxide, assembling the front plate and the back plate while arranging them oppositely, mounting the exhaust pipe on an exhauster while directing the side connected with the exhauster downward, and performing the sealing at a predetermined sealing temperature.