Establishing a return to the USA for the first time since 1988 has been a long-term ambition for the WRC, which is looking likely to come to fruition in the future through the Rally USA project, based out of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
However, a move into China is also high on the WRC's wish list once it achieves its return to the USA.
China has previously hosted a WRC round in 1999, won by then Toyota driver Didier Auriol, and was set to host a round in 2016 before storms forced organisers to cancel the event.
WRC representatives are hoping to travel to China later this year to talk with several interested cities keen on hosting the championship in the future.
"There is a huge demand for new events to join or other events to rejoin the world championship," WRC event director Simon Larkin told select media including Autosport.
"I don't mind admitting that the US is a strategic target of ours. Peter [Thul, WRC senior sporting director] and I have clear direction from our board and shareholders about China.
"They remain our two strategic key targets. The US is the most likely to come in 2025 and then China as quickly as we can.
"We are trying to find time on our schedule to go to China to do a road trip this year of a number of interested cities that we are already in discussion with."
Work to bring the USA back to the WRC is continuing although the championship has previously stated it would only include the nation back on the calendar once it can be assured the event will be a success.
Source: Autosport