I am looking for a teaching job. I have had a successful interview with one school but two others have told me that I need two years experience to get a work permit in kunming.
I have heard conflicting opinions. Can anyone clear this up for me?

i think you need 2 years experience to get a visa.

maybe you can buy a gigantic backpack, travel around aimlessly in southeast asia for 2 years and tell them you've been working.

If I'm not mistaken (it happens), the two years experience is now a requirement to get the foreign expert certificate.

massage your CV

Do they do any kind of checking or just take your CV at face value?
I think they also require the university diploma, so that would have to be more than 2 years old to allow time for the "experience" to have happened.

Yes, you need two years of work experience in any field. This makes sense, as how can a Foreign Expert be an expert on anything with no work experience.
I think the checking could only be limited, but unless you graduated more than two years ago, then it would be impossible. The only exception I could think of would be someone who went to work after high school and held a position of responsibility before returning to college. I don't think they include part time work whilst at college. They would be looking for graduate level work.

Point to note. In the last two years, Kunming has become more assertive in refusing visas.

Do what Haali suggests. Anything remotely work related rephrase and lengthen or round up a lot. China won't check. Since you got a positive interview, just jump through the hoops for the visa or fec.

Cheers for the replies.
I have worked full time for around two years, though not at a graduate level. Will this be good enough?

You can only try. It depends on the Public Security Bureaux (PSB), as to whether or not they will accept your work experience.
If your employer is doing the job properly, they will process all the documents for you, and then post them to you, so that you can apply for a work visa in your home country. It is they who will deal with the PSB. They will either get the paperwork (approved) or not.

Important. If the employer tells you to come over on a tourist visa, and they will sort out the paperwork when you arrive, beware. Firstly, this is technically illegal and the PSB are getting very tough on people bending the rules. Secondly, as there is already a question mark about your work experience, double jeopardy, you risk coming to China on a false hope.

As long as everything looks okay, it doesn't matter, they won't check anything. To Chinese minds, appearance & quantity is everything, actual content/quality is rarely important. You will also need to get a background & health check done in your home country. The health check can be easily forged - but be aware, you will also have to undergo a series of health checks and tests once you arrive in China.