The building of gateways plays a crucial role in building “the Belt and Road”，especially the maritime Silk Road. Building the gateways involves internal and external coordination，which proves to be onerous. Being an essential part of “the Belt and Road”，building the gateways entails a flexible，pragmatic，and down-to-earth approach. Land gateways mainly focus on the Eurasian land bridges while the maritime gateways require a step-by-step approach with the focus on concrete and appropriate projects. The priority is to make risk analysis and shoot the problems. Considering the volatile situation in the Balkans，Chinese enterprises are supposed to communicate and interact with local governments and civil society so as to alleviate the externalities in projects. More targeted contingency plans are to be made in reference to Greece debt crisis，refugee crisis，terrorist threats，etc.